Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...says Dr. Bell, the schools are doing an irresponsibly shoddy job. They refuse to drill in word and number ("Some critics think that the current neglect of these disciplines ... is due to the fact that they are disciplines"), ignore the wisdom of the past, and in the name of a false egalitarianism, force all children to proceed at a standardized pace. "The result is a mediocrity which frets and frustrates the more able while it flatters the incompetent. This mediocrity is making Americans increasingly a set of dull dogs, standardized in opinions, fearful of argument, cliched in conversation...
Greeley hit for a good average of completions during the drill, although he was helped by the fact that he was not being rushed. The first offensive group, which spent the early part of practice working on its plays, later moved downfield to watch the defensive team drill in order to get some idea of the Colgate style of attack...
...offensive team had been working against dummies, with the emphasis on timing and blocking in the line. Both "A" and "B" backfields took part in the drill, and sophomore Paul Murphy once again spent much of the time playing tailback with the second group...
...dirty job which promises few big bonanzas. "In most eight-hour days," says one prospector, "it just isn't possible to recover enough high-grade ore to pay your expenses. Maybe after you have moved 75 tons of rock your vein peters out and you have to drill around and start a new shaft. Then, after days of back-breaking work and futile drilling and blasting, you hit a pocket and in a few hours you take out enough to pay expenses for quite a while...
Amolsch works very hard to sell himself to the first year men as a screaming monster. He has a powerful voice, which he combines with an arrogant, scornful look and a faultless drill manner. Yet when the first impression finally wears off, Amolsch appears as the most terrible Mitty of them all. Away from the drill field he becomes jovial, a sympathetic "good guy," best liked by the cadets who know him best...