Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Housemaster Reuben A. Brower, professor of English, is a subdued, modest man whose outward propriety obscures a vibrant originality. The casual visitor to his study or classroom is often initially disappointed by Brower's lack of flamboyancy, but after several visits invariably gets a good, long look into a sparkingly alive mind...
Brower is intensely aware of the implications of what goes on in the classroom for the life of his students. "Without turning the classroom into a Sunday School, I think of a choice of poems as a choice of lives and, conversely, of any non-academic choice, such as that between two movies, as closely related to what happens in the classroom...
...Brower seeks a shift of some of the emphasis from the classroom to the house, he still regards himself primarily as a teacher. Though a recognized scholar in both English and Classics and the author of one book and numerous articles, he insists "everything I've done academically stems from my teaching...
...right, as a professional person, to free and thorough expression in the classroom...
...veteran Suburb Builder Andres F. Oddstad Jr., boss of "Homes by Sterling," broke ground for Linda Mar, the already overburdened local (Laguna Sa-lada) school district found itself facing a 50% increase in enrollment. Required for the new pupils: additional school buses (cost: $60,000) and double or triple classroom shifts in the district's three schools. Funds were short; conventional new public schools would take months, perhaps years, to finance and build...