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...state, "If the silent center in the U.S. can find an effective voice, through the new Citizens Committee . . ." For "silent center" read "senior citizen" apropos of the ages of the founders: Dean Acheson, 74; Omar Bradley, 74; James F. Byrnes, 88; Lucius Clay, 70; James Bryant Conant, 74; Paul Douglas, 75; Dwight Eisenhower, 77; Harry Truman, 83, etc. EVERETT THIELE Baltimore
Varsity football; Detur; Kirkland House Committee, secretary; Pi Eta Club, Vice President; National Scholar; James Bryant Conant Award; PBH, Columbia Point; Senior Associate Program...
...Conant suggested that a uniform standard of marking and grading at secondary schools could eliminate the need for College Entrance Board examinations. "There should be a sample testing of the schools to determine grading and standards," he said...
...current issue of Education News reports that Conant wants the abandonment of college admission and achievement tests. But Conant said Sunday that the journal has misrepresented him. His remarks, he explained, were made at a confidential meeting of the examination board's commission on testing and were "purposely provocative...
David K. Smith, director of Admissions, voiced support of Conant's position yesterday. "Tests are only useful in conjunction with other things--school reports, masters' reports, and interviews," he said. "At Harvard an applicant's school record is the most important thing in his folder...