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...addition to promoting interest in the history of American civilization among students and others is to prove that an individual may continue his education throughout life by disciplined reading on an informal basis, according to President James B. Conant who initiated the plan. It is an attempt to counteract the idea that the only road to knowledge lies through formal instruction in regular college courses...
...which made its embryonic appearance in the President's February report, yesterday's announcement concludes with the points, "to show that an individual may continue his education throughout life by disciplined reading on an informal basis", "to promote interest in the history of American civilization", and "an attempt to counteract the idea that the only road to knowledge lies through formal instruction in regular college courses...
Stressing the idea that the best education is an individual development continuing through life, President Conant reported that he wanted the history plan to counteract the widespread attitude that "the only road to knowledge lies through formal instruction administered by a college...
...were too high, much more than covered increased labor costs, meant that a larger share of the national income was going into building factories and machines, a smaller share into wages and the purchase of food & clothing. According to one economic theory, this condition tends to cause depressions. To counteract this tendency the Federal Government would give up building steel bridges and concrete dams, and turn to earth dams, channel dredging and other projects where most of its money would go into wages that would be spent for consumer goods...
Last autumn Transcontinental & Western Air infuriated its two major rivals, United and American Airlines, by cutting its fares about to railroad levels (TIME, Nov. 9). TWA took this risky step for two reasons: to counteract the usual traffic slump in winter and to counterbalance the fact that both United and American temporarily had more luxurious equipment. American got the first Douglas DC-3 sleepers last year, did not dare put an extra fare on them in the face of TWA's cuts. United, however, did add a $2 surcharge for the non-stop run from Newark to Chicago which...