Educators debate liberal arts aims at Barnard College
Professors from Barnard discuss what liberal arts should teach. They emphasize independent thinking, openness, and broad-based study across departments while noting the value of flexibility in major requirements and character development through campus life.
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Barnard
Stabenau
Government Department
Morrison
Marion Hamilton Gillim
Economics
Philo Department Showcases Faculty Plato Talk in Campus 4 PM
Professor H Standish Thayer will present an interpretation of Plato s Republic this afternoon at 4 00 in 421 Lehman with a free audience discussion to follow. On Monday May 2 Professor Judith Jarvis continues the series with Reasons For Acting noting their work in the field.
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H. Standish Thayer
Philosophy Department
Lehman
Judith Jarvis
Thayer
The
Republic
Miss Jarvis
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Louise G. Stabenau
Opiion
Phoebe Morrison
Chaiman
Gillim
Amelia A. de del Rio
Ment
Europe
del Rio
Ortega Y Gasset
Marion H, Gillim
Amelia A. de del Rie
Philo Department
West
Columbia
Marty Sheller
Tareyton