by George E. Valley, Jr., VIII, ’35
Contents
THANK YOU
INTRODUCTION
WHAT SOME PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ADOLESCENTS
Detecting Future Technologists
Alienation
THE ENGINEERING SCHOOLS
The Archetype in the Palais Bourbon
Common Criticisms
Criticisms of Effectiveness
Convergent-Divergent
Low Efficiency
A General Impression
THE GENESIS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY GROUP
Experimental Colleges
How the Elder Learners and Edna Came To Be
The European Universities
The Cambridge University Tradition
The O.I.A.
The First Recruitment
The Name Is Invented and Meetings Are Held
The ReportofJanuary1, 1969
Why I Insisted On Running The E.S.G.
Recruiting Divergent Freshmen
THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY GROUP
The First Year
How Professor Mark Levensky Saw It
How Melinda Bird Saw It
How Richard Edelman Saw It
The First Year As I Remember It
The Students
The Faculty
Feelies and Thinkies
The Second Year
The Third Year
TheFourthYear
The Fifth Year
Glop, etc.
Discipline
THE E.S.G. ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Humanities
