Word: deweyitis
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...Dewey Hickman should win for the Crimson in the high hurdles, but the intermediate hurdles should be closer...
...equal to the sum of its parts. Henry Ford made parts interchangeable. Voltaire said that "we must cultivate our own garden." Thomas Jefferson owned a large plantation. John Locke told us that when we are born our minds are like a tabula rasa, or a "blank slate." John Dewey thought we should keep it that way. History has taught us many lessons, few of which anyone remembers...
...flexible way of teaching that is sweeping the public schools. Usually, fixed rows of desks and fixed weekly lessons are abandoned. Children roam from one study project to another, theoretically following their native curiosity and learning at their own uneven rates. The new principles are reminiscent of John Dewey's progressive philosophy of 40 years ago. Open education, however, emphasizes new discoveries about how children learn, uses more teaching materials and gives the teacher a more difficult task-to know just when the child is ready for his next stage of development. The movement is growing so rapidly that...
...high hurdles event is the biggest question mark for the team, Hunt said. Dewey Hickman, whom Hunt called one of the best hurdlers in the East, is the only experienced high hurdler...
...take a strong second in the high jump while Pole-vaulter Jim Kleiger remained undefeated in the event with a winning jump of 16 ft. Baylee Reid surprised in the 60-yd. dash after reaching the finals through several photo-finish heats and semis, and took an eventual fifth. Dewey Hickman added a third in the high hurdles...