On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> I don't think most
> actual knowledge acquisition at universities occurs in lecture halls.
Sure helps. I still have vivid memories of Geoffrey Hartman talking about Wordsworth and Smart, of James Tobin miming pushing on a string, and Vincent Scully demonstrating the vacuity of the American streetscape. Of course lots of reading and talking went on outside the classroom, but those things were inspiring.
Doug