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...some dissented from this view. Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, refused to "go along with the myth that Radcliffe is all B's, few A's; this hasn't bee true in recent years." He continued, "The girls certainly add to the intellectual stimulation of the class, and in some of my courses, the girls have knocked the boys' heads together admirably." Elliott Perkins, lecturer in History and Master of Lowell house, added, "You really can't tell the difference intellectually, except that the girls wear skirts and longer hair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Cliffe Girl: An Instructor's View | 4/18/1953 | See Source »

...Watteau of the Heart. The three drift gently down the garden path of self-deception in a bee-hum of amorous unrest then all at once Mahaut is stung to consciousness. With the realization that she loves François, she begs him to stay away. When he continues his visits anyway she confesses to her husband and begs him to save her. To her amazement, the count is not so much disturbed by her news as by the fact that she has shared it with François' mother. "It is absurd," he says We must find means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A French Cameo | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

...Spelling Bee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...Angered by the local P.T.A.'s criticism of the way schools teach the three Rs these days, the sophomore class of Washington's Coulee Dam High School challenged the grown-ups to an old-fashioned spelling bee. Last week, for 20 minutes, the grown-ups did their best, but they missed embarrassment, flubbed efficiency, collapsed on laboratory and paraffin. Final score: victory for the sophomores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

...farmers in Italy, France and Holland, all of which are increasing their corn crop, to save import dollars. MSA figured that the farmers could raise even more if they learned to harvest in the traditional U.S. style instead of lugging each ear home to be stripped at a husking bee around the family hearth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Elmer | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

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