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...Gill's 1959 plan changed the structure of Ec 1 as well as the material it covers. In the old days Ec 1 lectures were strictly a star show-each of the Department's great men mounted the podium once and talked for an hour to the crowds below. Though continuity may still be lacking, the lectures under Gill's regime have a function. They come in blocks instead of being scattered sporadically throughout the term and the blocks give the course more structure than it once had by forcing section men to keep pace with upcoming lectures...
...development questions where vast amounts of knowledge have to be condensed and jammed into a single meeting. The section men are left with huge chunks of the course material -- notably microeconomic theory for which they have to develop a teaching approach of their own. This ingenious division of labor, Gill's biggest improvement, has made the monster course smooth and flexible...
...Gill has been the influential figure in giving Ec 1 its present shape, but he doesn't run the course by himself. Actually Economics 1 is governed like a Harvard in miniature--responsibility is scattered and different kinds of decisions are made at different levels. In the course catalogue, the Department chairman's name always is listed first--even before Gill's. Most years the chairman gets no closer to the mechanics of the course than providing section men and giving a couple lectures, but the listing indicates that
...face, will greet the crowds at the first meeting of the University's largest course next fall. After eight years as director of Economics 1, Richard T. Gill '48, is turning the reins over to Otto Eckstein...
...Gill, lecturer in Economics and master of Leverett House, said that he had decided last fall that he "wanted to teach something with more substantive economics and less administrative work." He will teach a new middle group course on the history of economic thought and will continue to teach Economics 108 -- a course on development and underdevelopment...