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...year-old Frank Learoyd Boyden of Foxboro, Mass, did do. That fall of 1902, just out of Amherst himself, he took over the 103-year-old school, then partially town-supported, with its enrollment of 14 students. He taught every thing from Latin to math, coached athletics and served as town librarian on the side. The town soon learned that there was something different about the kindly young schoolmaster in the somber black suit. Fractious kids jumped to obey him; backward boys seemed to brighten. Even old Deacon Greenough was won over. He started coming over to dinner every Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Massachusetts Yankee | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

...freshman taking Math 1 will tell you that writing zero-over-zero is nonsense and can just as well be .300, .995, 1.000, or even 100.000, as .000. Why not give the boys a break and either omit the average or call it 1.000 until they get a chance to perform? W. T. Fishback...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baseball: Naught for Naught | 5/5/1949 | See Source »

Concentration involves taking for courses in the Division of Geological Sciences, and at least two courses in the related fields of Physics, Chemistry, Math, and Biology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Geology . . . | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

Social Relations 1b, whose predecessor, Social Relations 1a, was the most popular elective last term, has 427 students and is in second place among the electives. Third place goes to Government 1b, which 420 students are taking. Math 1b follows closely with 412 enrollees, and then come English 160 and History 1b with 351 and 341 students, respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ec. 1, Soc. Rel. 1 Are Most Popular Elective Courses | 3/30/1949 | See Source »

Several "elastic clauses" have been included in the action revising the present distribution setup. For example, students concentrating in natural sciences, or pre-meds may count three lab courses, or two lab courses and a math course as fulfilling the GE requirement in Natural Sciences. Also, in cases where concentration requirements make it necessary, students may spread the required three elementary GE courses over their first three years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Accepts General Education Proposals | 3/9/1949 | See Source »

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