| | In each case we had to
| | justify any departure
| | from the standard.
| | There was little time
| | for the footnotes in
| | Chaucer. I hope we are
| | not asked for these on
| | the final examination.
| |
| |
_Teacher B_: Rather an | _Teacher B_: A dry | _Teacher B_: A very
interesting teacher; | course in Art History | conscientious teacher
assigns lessons from a | and Appreciation. We | of chemistry. He gives
book. At the beginning | take up the history of | us a ten-minute written
of the hour he asks | architecture, painting,| quiz each hour on the
questions on the text | and sculpture. The | work in the book or on
but is soon carried | names of the best | the matter discussed in
away and rambles along | artists are mentioned, | the last lecture. The
for the period, | and their many works | rest of the hour is
touching on every | confuse us. We memorize| spent in explanation of
subject. We never | Praxiteles, Phidias, | difficult points and in
complete a chapter or | Myron, the ancient | the application of what
topic. The succeeding | cairns, the parts of an| we learned of industry
hour we take the next | Egyptian temple. | and physiology. It is
chapter, which meets | Pictures are shown on | surprising to see the
the same fate. Written | the screen. I elected | interest the class
tests determine the | this course in the hope| shows in the chemical
students' rank. The | that it would teach me | explanations of things
grade for the written | something about | we never noticed
test is announced, but | pictures, how to judge | before.
the papers are not | them and give me |
returned and one never | standards of beauty, |
knows why the papers | etc., but it has been |
were rated C or D. | history and not |
| appreciation so far. |
| We do not see any |
| beauty in the pict