Word: criterion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assess the present student body sentiment on draft priorities. I hope the letter by Mr. Sawyer does not indicate a sentiment that because a man goes to one of the best schools in the county, he should be given a job behind the front lines. The only conceivable criterion for a allocating manpower, in the first place is to put trained or potential ability where it will do the most good. I am sure that Mr. Sawyer would agree to this principle. Yet, I am still uneasy about a possible common feeling that income, class, or academic background...
There is fascination and topical interest in Napoleon's hodgepodge. Back of every chapter lies the self-portrait of a dictator who, like his successors of the present century, made the so-called "logic" of a situation his only criterion of right & wrong. His smug account of an episode during his conquest of Italy...
...Princeton to take his doctorate in political science. He faced the formidable Dean Andrew Fleming West who personally interviewed all graduate students seeking admission. "Young man," said West after contemplating the round, boyish face of the applicant, "you are immature." "Sir," replied Wu, "to judge maturity by the criterion of age is an immature thought in itself." Dean West promptly admitted him to Princeton...
...leftist groups does not affect a man's competence as a teacher. In some cases even a card-carrying Communist might be perfectly competent to teach his subject, and so long as this possibility exists, general proscriptions are wrong. Professional competence and professional competence only should be the criterion for the hiring and firing of teachers...
Most important of these changes is that "evidence that an organization will comply with the rules" should not be a criterion for recognition. Demonstration of intent is virtually impossible, and groups should lose or be denied charters only if proved guilty of an actual rules violation. The Dean's Office should not have wide discretion in deciding whether organizations are likely to be law-abiding...