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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In recent years the attempts of the College Entrance Examination Board to devise more accurate tests of ability for college candidates have met with considerable success, as the popularity of the New Entrance Plan and the Scholastic Aptitude Test indicate. The tendency has been away from the pedantic checking-up...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTRANCE BY CERTIFICATE | 1/7/1932 | See Source »

The appearance of the President's Report is always the signal for a momentary halt in the academic whirl, when old values and traditions are weighed, new ideas discussed, and approved or rejected. In his report Mr. Lowell, speaking of the Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences, said that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INVENTORY | 1/7/1932 | See Source »

Harvard has built up a scholastic tradition of pretty rigid structure, which has demanded that its teachers fulfill certain requirements. A Doctor's Degree, a published book, and a scholars' aptitude have been generally favored over the natural teaching gift, and the less recherche but more vigorous and personal contact...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INVENTORY | 1/7/1932 | See Source »

It is a well-established maxim that the world withholds full approval of its prophets and guides, so long as they are still living. In the contemporary world, Mahatma Gandhi appears to be a striking exception to this rule. His political creed and conduct are too well-known to need...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ROAD TO MARTYRDOM | 1/6/1932 | See Source »

Swarthmore College has spoken for the American college not alone in words but in its scheme of honors work, with emphasis on intellectual ability and development. Nearly half of the seniors now undertake it. Here is a clear indication of the main purpose of the American college of this type...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

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