Word: clings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cling to the Christian ideal . . . it is only by force on the battle ground that evil can be resisted." The group of undergraduates thus addressed did not respond; it persisted in motionless silence. "The racial doctrine as interpreted in the Nazi creed is sheer, primitive nonsense . . . be proud of the race to which you belong"--Still no hurrah shouts from the audience. The catch-words of 1914 do not catch any more; their halo has faded out in the grisly twilight of reality. British youth knows that war is a messy business; and it refuses to believe the old-school...
Although Harvard College has gone a long way in adjusting instruction to the individual and in emphasizing the principle of self-education, we still cling too closely to the idea that plans of study demand the passing of a certain number of courses. We often overlook the fact that certain students are able to obtain all they need from particular courses in a very short time and that they progress at different raies of speed in their college work. We have not yet explored the possibilities of the examining process as a means of individualizing the work of our more...