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...their mental storehouses. Some 40 colleges currently have courses in creative thought, and thousands of companies are sending their young men back to school. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has even gone so far as to send a group of executives t.o the University of Pennsylvania to study literature, thus broaden their minds. Dozens of others such as General Motors AC Spark Plug division, General Electric and Boeing Airplane Co. have set up informal courses within the company to educate workers and help them think more effectively...
While such a change is long overdue, the timing of the decision was unfortunate. This year's juniors have only one term to broaden their knowledge in order to meet the new requirements. Many will find that the courses they need are not offered this term and, due to no fault in their own planning, will be ill-prepared for their honors examination...
...aware of the danger of using "freedom" without restrictions, and all this is based on a mixture of emotional and naive attitudes of the American people. There is great danger that this overemphasis of "freedom" will bring more anarchy to many national peoples in Asia and Africa and broaden a vast field for Communistic activities...
...biggest challenges to the new conservative is to broaden educational opportunity. To business, which is donating $100 million a year (up 25% since 1955) to private schools and colleges, education is more than a means of providing trained personnel. Reasons Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey Chairman Eugene Hoiman: "A creative society must be a free society, built on men and women who are broadly educated to manage their own affairs. The only sure guarantee of progress comes from helping millions of individuals to arrive at their maximum potential, to express themselves, to turn loose their initiative and ingenuity...
...sanatorium, generously pays for her treatment and embarks on projects to prepare her for the outside world she must face when she is cured. He teaches her French because her only knack seems to be a gift for languages, brings her albums of great paintings, tries to broaden her knowledge of the world. But Aladar is the pupil, not Lalla. He meets two of her fellow patients-strangely charming Franciska, gently maternal Kati. He dotes on the three girls like a fond parent, becomes absorbed in the hothouse flush of the sanatorium where almost everyone seems young and beautiful because...