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...mere assembling of professors, students and buildings does not produce educated men; but in recent years the College has shown a tendency to rely on spontaneous interaction and to drift along on old formulas, making only those repairs which are absolutely necessary. The College's prime concern in its own judgement, is the "liberal education of undergraduates," but it fails to stand behind its rhetoric. The Doty Committee, for instance, which should be studying the concept, worth and substance of general education as well as its techniques, seems to be concentrating on ways to renovate a program--not a college...
...Florida's George Hommel to spot the fish and patiently explain the technique. "You cast ahead of the fish, in the direction he's moving," says Hommel. "You try to get six to ten feet in front of him. In the grass flats, you let the lure drift, and hope he'll pick it up. In the rocky bottoms, you twitch it a little to catch his attention, because he's going by sight rather than by smell. But if a bonefish wants the bait, he won't nose around much-he'll just...
...size up South Viet Nam's new regime, which was helped to power by the U.S. on the theory that it would fight the war more effectively than the murdered President Diem, but which, so far at least, has provided disappointing leadership. The war is still showing alarming drift, and the Communist guerrillas have shown signs of getting bolder. Last week TIME Correspondent Murray Gart, to get his own look at the war, flew on 26 helicopter missions in five days (three of his choppers were hit by gunfire), came away with the story of a plan for stepped...
...horses, though, must start now. It's poppycock to say someone can be dragged in at the last moment from the wings. It just isn't done that way. If Romney or Scranton would move, the attention would go to them, and the interest in me would drift away...
...drifters, naturally enough, began to drift. While the first group did its homework and sang Bob Dylan songs, the drifters checked out the rough black bars, picked up chicks, and, so as far as the other customers were concerned, slipped off into an old Southern tradition...