Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In Brown, O'Neill tackled something formidably complex: both the conflict within a divided personality and divided selves clashing with one another. The use of masks has visual value; the sudden shifts in character and the transference of personality have theatrical force. But the conflicts that concerned O'...
As well as "diamonds-in-the-rough," the Dean has looked for students with exceptional "character" qualities. In the booklet sent to all applicants, the Admissions Office writes that "the obsessive grade-grubber, the person who is afraid of life, and the arrogant or precious intellectual are not likely to...
One might question initially whether a college in which religion has been relegated strictly to the individual can turn around and claim for itself the field of moral philosophy--or whether it should content itself with the area of intellectual inquiry. This objection cannot be answered absolutely, unless a college...
Too often, these two categories--intellectual achievement and moral character--are divided from one another as if they were not only separate but also mutually exclusive. As students, we are taught to rid ourselves of biases in studying history, and to consider art as above and removed from morality. What...
It is also a mistake to pretend that students are left entirely free from proselytizing and indoctrination in the classroom, but are only presented the issues and allowed to decide for themselves. We are persuaded in many areas: the scientific method is urged upon us, as is logic and rationality...