Kilpatrick Outlines Education Aims and Philosophy
Education professor William Heard Kilpatrick spoke at an Education Colloquium on the philosophy of education. He described three aims: develop means for a defensible good life, nurture traits for a good life and civilization, and inspire students to lead a good life. He urged scientifically defensible teaching and shaping character through ideas aligned with student interests.
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William Heard Kilpatrick
Teacher’s College
Kilpatrick
Translation as Art Form Question Posed by Kouwenhoven
Professor John A. Kouwenhoven argued translation shapes art and language at the English Conference. He warned readers rely on translations for modern tastes, noting poetry’s translation challenges and the untranslatable qualities within originals.
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Kouwenhoven
Novak Illustrates Art and History in Lecture by Dr Barbara Novak
Art historian Dr Barbara Novak of the Barnard Fine Arts Department explains history as the unfolding present recorded as past and art as that unfolding. She notes Reynolds and West as overly historic, while West showed Wolfe's Surrender in historical dress, and Picasso's Guernica embodies art's timeliness and universality.
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Barbara Novak
Barnard Fine Arts Department
Daumier
Novak
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Benjamin West
Samuel Morse
Reynolds
West
Wolfe
Picasso
Guernica
Spain
Summer School Rules Updated at Barnard College
Barnard outlines summer session limits and permission steps for freshmen to seniors. Courses limited to two per session. only B grade or higher credits. summer grades not counted in Barnard average. Changes to add drop procedures and deficiency exams set for March and September.
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Barnard
Barward
Columbia to host Noon Readings of poetry and prose
Columbia’s English Department sponsors a series of Noon Readings to hear poetry and prose in an informal setting. Professors Chiappe Mazzeo Unterecker Buckley will read Yeats Dante Hart Crane and Byron. Barnard students join with readings of German Italian works in original and translation. Kenneth Koch and John Morris will share their poems and contemporary works. The aim is to introduce listeners to major poets including Gottfried Benn.
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Columbia
Andrew Chiappe
Joseph A. Mazzeo
John E. Unterecker
Jerome H. Buckley
Yeats
Dante
Hart Crane
Byron
Barnard
Kenneth Koch
John N. Morris
United States
Germany
Gottfied Benn
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