Word: generals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inclinations Although the exhibits themselves may not be of startling importance, yet they are a further indication of an ever-increasing trend in education throughout the country as well as at Harvard, to teach a subject by first arousing the interest of the student. This applies to students in general, as well as those in Fine Arts, who come to college hoping for a broader field of education than was possible a generation ago. Here is the opportunity for casual observation which may, in the long run, arouse appreciably more interest than the rigors of a class-room course...
...present time, he has an office in Boston and is assistant visiting physician to the Robert Bent Brigham Hospital. Dr. Nissen is also connected with the Palmer Memorial Hospital. In this address he is expected to cover the use of electric massage and electric equipment in general in the treatment of cases...
Group Visits General Electric...
...meeting was concluded by a visit to the General Electric plant in West Lynn to see the work being performed there in the making of fused quartz mirrors, an innovation in the manufacture of telescopes. A constant problem in astronomy is how to make bigger and better mirrors for the telescopes. Glass, which has long been used for the smaller mirrors, is almost out of the question for a really large project. The reason for this is that the surface curvature of these reflectors must be correct down to a fraction somewhere between a quarter to a half millionth...
...exact nature of this last word is not quite clear, but Professor Rogers very evidently feels that a serious situation of some kind exists among colleges in general, and at Harvard in particular. He speaks of a "breakdown in the social organization" and although he implies his belief that the House Plan is a step in the right direction and not altogether false, yet he says it is plainly "artificial". In the first place it violates a Harvard tradition not necessarily a good one but nevertheless a tradition--of individualism. In the second place, a system of fraternities...