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...near future. Most departments operate now on the assumption that if they have a position available, they will be able to find a renowned scholar to fill it. That may become harder to do, however, as universities intensify their competition for top scholars; Harvard's allure may dimish in comparison with larger salaries, lighter teaching loads, and other tidbits competing universities might dangle before a sought-after professor...
...Great Santini successfully contrasts the personal and military confidence of the late fifties and early sixties with the widespread concern and growing doubt of the eighties about American supremacy. But the bramble of conflicting, supposedly interlocking themes, and technical difficulties dimish the impact of the work. The Great Santini could be a fascinating way to spend a few hours, but don't be surprised if you get lost, or if you wind up back where you started...
...What are the advantages some one asks. Many will at once come to mind. First, it will bring the whole matter into easy adjustment to the studies and recitations. It will eliminate a large part of the absences from college. It will dimish opportunities for abuse, brutality, and off-color conduct of all kind; for it is absolutely impossible for any of these things to stand before the traditions or in the atmosphere of Yale or Harvard, where the contests and responsibilities are confined to themselves. It may even save the contests from abolition by keeping their numbers within bounds...
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