Word: essay
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Marking the one hundredth birthday of the world-famous jurist, the book will include a biography and criticism by Owen Roberts, Associate Justice of the Court; an article entitled "A Secretary Looks at Holmes" by W. Barton Leach '21, professor of Law; and a critical essay "The Student Views Holmes" by Robert F. Magill 3L. The dedication itself was written by present Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes...
...irrelevant today when America is beginning to find a place for its jobless--in the army and in defense industries. But this currently popular remedy is at best a palliative, and in the long run aggravates the disease. For as William James pointed out in 1910 in his brilliant essay on "The Moral Equivalent of War" which is reprinted in this volume, there is a direct and fundamental connection between a frustrated generation with no stake in society, and the devastation of recurring warfare...
...that a student can get a better mark merely by reading over his lecture notes than by outlining the assigned reading. In other subjects an evening of work, even if a student has done little previous reading, will supply enough information to carry him through the exam. A required essay or thesis would require more individual thought and would give meaning and relevance to the material covered in the course...
...attribute the decline in course papers to "administrative difficulties." Few professors, they say, can afford the time necessary to assign original topics, assist students individually, and mark papers. But if hour exams, whenever practicable, were abolished, course staffs would be able to give more time to going over long essays. Opponents of the course thesis point out that 20 years ago Harvard went to extremes in demanding written work. Then every history course required either a thesis or essay, and much of the work submitted was more hastily thrown together than an English A assignment; many papers were stereotyped paraphrases...
After having proved eminently successful last year, the two essay contests for Freshmen will again be held, with two series of prizes being offered, four of $25 each and an additional $25 for the best of the four winners...