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EFFECTIVE TEACHING
The Mail
To the Editors of the CRIMSON:
In the Harvard CRIMSON of February 19, three of my colleagues and friends (Messrs. Cherington, H. M. Jones, and Taylor) "attack Harris study on education." I am quoted as saying somewhere "that classes between 25 and 75 are 'worthless.'" I never said anything of the kind. I do believe that the most effective teaching, vis-a-vis the resources put in, is in the very small groups or lectures with, say, 75 students or more. Seymour E. Harris '20, Chairman, Department of Economics.
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