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...friend Fred Botts, "dean" of the Warm Springs Foundation. "I'll be back for Thanksgiving," he said, "with provisos." He went up the ramp to the platform of his private car. The send-off crowd hushed itself, to hear his words of farewell. Franklin Roosevelt grinned his broadest and said: "I'll be back in the fall-if we don't have...
Reflecting technical factors, President Roosevelt's peace proposal and somewhat better business news, stock prices rallied to gains ranging to 11 points. The recovery reached its peak Saturday with one of the broadest advances in six months...
...editorial on March 1 entitled "Out of the Past" the Crimson stated that Conant's American Civilization Plan had three original provisions for the student: (1) the encouragement of self education, (2) the acquisition of a knowledge of "American history in the broadest sense," and (3) the establishment of a bridge uniting the different departments of the university. The editorial advocated the abandonment of the first aim owing to the "transcendent importance" of the other two. We wish to point out that a knowledge of American history and a connecting of the departments are not preclusive of self education...
...Civilization Plan. First is its extra-curricular nature. This looks toward the inculcation of a habit of self-education in students, toward the provision of a "key to future education" which would make learning a life-long process. Second is its subject matter. This is American history in the broadest sense--cultural, scientific, and economic as well as political history, all brought into a unified and correlated whole. Third is its position in the field of education. The Plan seeks to bridge a number of academic departments, to break down the water-tight bulwarks separating the independent and specialized compartments...
...their institutions more intelligently if they realize how these originated and developed. On the other hand, learning, which has tended in recent eras to fall into tiny, unrelated pieces, has meaning only when it is a related whole. Thus an American Civilization Plan which still teaches history in its broadest form and still bridges academic chasnis would remain a brilliant contribution to the educational firmament...