Notes on conversations with R. L. Moore and notes about John Silber [side A]; Notes on conversations with R. L. Moore and notes about John Silber [side A]

  • Start of tape. Traylor begins dictation
  • Case of student who dominated class
  • Competition was one of main features of Moore's method of teaching
  • Within each of his classes was an attitude of honor
  • Examples of influencing a class toward honorable behavior
  • One of the most overlooked characteristics that made Moore's teaching successful was not the method by itself but the quick mind that was employing the method
  • Debate about integration
  • Another example of Moore's skill in debating
  • Silber's vs. Moore's philosophy about education
  • Changes in the department of mathematics at the time Silber assumed the position of Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
  • End of tape.