Memorandum to the Educational Policies Committee
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1943-04-13
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"Enclosed please find the results of the New York Times test in
American history as given to my political economy classes. Because of
time limits the first section of the course (freshmen and sophomores)
only answered the first eleven questions; the second section answered
all questions with the exception of two or three which I took out as
irrelevant...It is not this result which induces me to propose to make one
section of my political economy course devote itself largely to American
history next year. It had been my intention to do so ever since I began
to teach here this year; and, of course, I do not propose an American
history course proper., but a course which, starting from the existing
structure of American economics and society, works its way back to the
roots. I would also like to say that in my plans this is but one of two
sections with the other one devoted to a different approach. Although
the experience with the New York Times test is not in any way responsible
for my next year's plans, it certainly supports the argument for them."