ABSTRACT
I began teaching in late September 1947, and believe me it was not an easy thing to convert myself, even though I had several months of preparation. I was responsible for two graduate courses. One was on the modern period in East Asia, which I decided to begin at about 1600 and divide into two epochs to correspond to the two semesters. There would be about fifteen two-hour lectures in each semester. The course covered China and Japan, because Hugh Borton, the regular modern Japan professor, was still in the State Department. I assigned readings and required two critical book reviews, one comparing two or more works on the same general topic. Also there were examinations at the end of each semester. I was a conscientious grader.
