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...could not have guessed, from the outward appearances, that the man sitting next to me would exert more of an influence on my mind than would any of my professors at Harvard, Wearing a rumpled suit and an ancient straw hot, he looked the a typical racetrack bum. But when I caught a glimpse of the Reading Form he was studying so intensely, I got a different impression...
This was no ordinary Harvard professor or racetrack bum. This was Mr. D., a man who had come to Boston to serve as the consul for a South American country. When the government of his native land was overthrown by a left-wing coup, Mr. D. was out of a job and started betting the horses full-times. The socio-political aspects of horseracing can be plainly seen in the gentleman's moved insight into the sports...
...guess now I should tell you about the Volvo with the "Save The Whales" bumper sticker on the back and the peace medallion Mrs. Sizemore picked up at Saks Fifth Avenue, and the other kid who is a ski bum, and how much they enjoy New York magazine and African...
...kidding! Bum of the Year would be more like it. I just got a double whammy in the mail today-my electricity and home fuel bills...
Cohen's campus job-unique in academe-was the idea of U.S.C. Dean Donald Lewis, a harsh critic of the bum-bung classroom performances of many college teachers. Lewis is particularly impatient with "typically inept" professors who read old and boring lecture notes to freshmen, most of whom are accustomed to watching fast-paced television programs. "The students catch on quickly," he says. "Soon they don't even show...