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This group is no problem in the classroom; it is definitely a problem in the non-academic life of the College. For commuters miss much of the association with fellow students and teachers, many of the activities that are part of outside-the-classroom education. The University has so far provided a part solution with the Commuter Center in Dudley Hall. There non-residents can relax, eat together, and form teams and organizations. The Center and its officials are doing as good a job as they...
Leverett's physical attractions are many, it is the only House with its own tennis court, and of the Houses with a river view, Leverett is the closest to Lamont Library and many of the classroom...
...years at Yale, he taught thousands of students (12,035 by his own careful log) how to be seawise as naval architects, engineers and shipping-line executives. His classroom itself was a ship, with the Skipper forward on his bridge, pounding the deck until class was over and it was time for all hands to go ashore. Last week, at 64, the Skipper announced that he would soon set the telegraph for good at "Finished Engines," and retire. Without him, Yale thought, it would give no more courses in naval architecture and marine engineering...
...child to whom TV is available spends an average of 27 hours a week viewing sundry "live" and "canned" shows. This average of nearly four hours a day is only 50 minutes less than the average daily time spend in the classroom. (The sample used in this survey was drawn from the Burdick Jr. High School, where the student body ranged from 11 to 15 years...
Interpretations of this study, as reported in last Sunday's "New York Times," were optimistic. They assumed that these figures might spur educators to a more thorough study of television, with an eye towards grooming the medium for a major role in educating America's youth outside of the classroom...