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...Conant admitted that the use of government funds might permit considerable "federal influence" in secondary education, but maintained that the present school situation ought to be improved. He cited the NDEA disclaimer affidavit as an example of this influence, repeating the generally-held objections to the restrictions on students' beliefs in the article...
American schools will need approximately $8 billion in federal or state aid during the next ten years, James B. Conant '14, President Emeritus of Harvard University, said last night on the television program Youth Wants to Know...
...special committee with Loring Conant, Jr '61 as chairman, is already planning the trip. Forbes and the other nine members expect to know by February whether finances will permit the venture...
Obviously gearing his address to a university audience, variously quoted James B. Conant, Woodrow Wilson, Artemus Ward, Matthew Hale, John Randolph of Roanoke, Francis Bacon, Cardozo, Justice Holmes, and Gilbert & Sullivan...
...would mean to the educational standards, "no one is wise enough to foresee." For instance, until a few years ago, certain social science courses might have been forced on the students, if the government had been in control. Today, advanced math and science courses could become high school requirements, Conant says...