Educational Program, 1947-1957
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Box 7-8. Includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and memoranda. Materials pertain to the divisions of the college and proposed educational programs and projects.
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Item Memorandum to Tom Brockway from G.R. Stange(Bennington College, 1951-03-19) Stange, G RobertItem Memorandum to Frederick H. Burkhardt from Charlotte Bowman regarding the Possible Appointment of Stanley Edgar Hyman to the Literature Faculty(Bennington College, 1951-12-17) Bowman, CharlotteItem Master of Arts Degree in Literature(1948)"'The Literature Faculty of Bennington College announce a program of work for the degree of Master of Arts. In most cases, the program will call for a year's study including a project in creative writing or creative criticism."Item Memorandum to Students in Aspects of Romanticism(1951-03-26) Belitt, BenI suggest that the class meet at the scheduled hourand place, during the period of my absence, and discuss together the indictated texts, under a system of rotating group leaders It will be the function of the group leader to organize discussion around the interpretive problem, as she sees it, to invite and direct the exchangeof opinion, and keep some recordof the subject matter covered and the attendance and participation of class members The texts should be developed in the following order: 1. There Is No Natural Religion. 2. All Religions Are One. 3.The Aphorisms of the "Laocoon" 4. On Homer.Item Memorandum to Students in Literature and Belief(1951-03-26) Belitt, BenI should like to suggest the following procedure, as an experiment in self help and group study to utilize the scheduled class periods during my absence. I have divided the class into four small discussion groups, as follows, each with a chairman to organize and direct open discussion, note attendance and participation of group members, and keep general records of topics covered during regular meetings.Item Proposed Changes in the Teaching of French(1948) Golffing, FrancisI) A first-year course should be taught dealing primarily with French composition and idiomatic expression. II) For second and possibly third year students a course in translation might be offered, dealing with the problem of transferring concepts from one language into another. III) It might b e advisable to have another first-year course in French, conforming even closer than the present to the structure of Basic Language and Literature. IV) I don't believe that there is a place in the Bennington curriculum for the ASTP "language and area" type of instruction. Prospective majors in fields other than literature-- social sciences, art, etc.-- should be provided with specialized types of language instruction suited to their needs. VI) Oral mastery of a foreign language is very desirable but should not be made the hub of our language program.Item Minutes of the Meeting of the Literature Faculty (1949-03-24) Foster, Catherine OsgoodI. After the minutes were read, Mr. Kunitz reported on Mr. Burkhardt's reaction to our statement about graduate work in literature. II. Point two of last week's discussion died the death. (By April 4 rumor had it that a resurrection was taking place.) III. Mr. Kunitz reported on his conversation with Mr. Burkhardt about new literature staff for next year. IV. Then we discussed the curriculum and candidates for jobs simultaneously.Item Minutes of the Meeting of the Literature Faculty(1948-12-01) Foster, Catherine OsgoodItem Total Language Enrollments(1951)Number of students enrolled in language classes "excluding enrollments in foreign literature courses" between 1946-1951. Languages offered were French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Greek, and Latin.Item Minutes of the Meeting of the Literature Faculty(1948-11-24) Golffing, Francis C.Item Literature Division Proposed Curriculum 1953-54(1953)"Six sections of Language and Literature will be conducted...These classes will be taught by Mrs. Foster and Messers. Belitt, Hyman, Kaplan, Wilcox, Nemerov, and Golffing. Mr. Fowlie will teach his Introduction to French Literature. The same numbersof courses in Spanish French, German and Russian will be taught by Miss Hasenclever and Mrs. Montesinos."Item Letter from Stefan Hirsch to President Burkhardt(1948-02-02) Hirsch, Stefan, 1899-1964; Burkhardt, Frederick, 1913-2007Item Letter from Anais Nin to Catherine "Kit" Foster(1947) Nin, Anais, 1903-1977;Item Memorandum to Frederick H. Burkhardt from Isabel Sherwood(Bennington College, 1956-12-27) Dorner, Alexander, 1893-1957; Sherwood, Isabel; Burkhardt, Frederick, 1913-2007Item Memorandum to Frederick H. Burkhardt from Stanley R. Pike, Jr.(Bennington College, 1956-06-25) Burkhardt, Frederick, 1913-2007; Pike, StanleyItem Expenses of Art Division 1947-1948(Bennington College, 1947-1948)