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...communistic organizations justifiably protest. In an un-regimented state, however, similar tolerance must also be exhibited towards the right. The privately-endowed university, free from direct obligations towards the existing--or any other--form of government, should preserve the tradition of freedom by maintaining academic fitness as the sole criterion in making its appointments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOLERANCE--RIGHT AND LEFT | 2/19/1935 | See Source »

...present volume consists in the first part of essays on mediaeval religion, originally presented at the Forwood Lectures for 1934 at the University of Liverpool; the second part is "The Origins of the Romantic Tradition," which first appeared in the "Criterion"--like Mr. Ezra Pound, Mr. Dawson finds the essence of Romanticism, without XIXth century secretions, in the Provencel literary tradition, when literature and religion co-operated and collaborated, and the present dualism was yet unknown; the third part is a paper on "Piers Plowman." There is a central unity, however, for Mr. Dawson's concern throughout is with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 1/3/1935 | See Source »

Criticizing departmental recommendations as a criterion for admittance to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Dean Chase emphasizes the importance of a candidate's undergraduate record in his annual report to the President, released yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHASE SCORES METHOD OF CHOOSING STUDENTS | 12/17/1934 | See Source »

Even if the colleges were not interested in the ability to learn as well as the ability to think, English alone would be no criterion. Many a Sheff student who gets high marks will tell us that literary ability is by no means a universal standard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 12/12/1934 | See Source »

...similar broad examination were to be given in every subject, the entrance system would be adjusted as nearly as possible to the methods of teaching at Harvard. Since this is apparently impossible at present, a very satisfactory substitute is available. The scholastic aptitude test, as a criterion of native ability, and the comprehensive English examination, as a criterion of preparation, should be required of every applicant. In conjunction with these the present demand for a transcript of the school record should, of course, be continued. An oral examination of the candidate for admission would also be a valuable method...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDUCATION AND PATE-STUFFING | 12/4/1934 | See Source »

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