Word: excellent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Actually, it is necessary to go a little deeper to find the real problem of the young students at New Haven. The Ford Scholars are unable to fit into Yale's social success pattern. To be "accepted" Elis must excel in something, anything. But they must be a key member on an athletic team, a publication, or a fraternity. If is here that the Ford Scholars fall down, and it is here where the entire program is jeopardized...
...artists prefer portraiture to other forms of painting; very few excel at it. Portraits afford little opportunity for imagination or self-expression, but they require a full measure of two great qualities: clarity of observation and rendition. The public is nevertheless partial to portraits, especially those of women & children. The four reproduced on the opposite page are public favorites at four U.S. museums...
...DOLLAR VALUE," cried one ad. Up for sale was 75% interest in a company with "$200,000.00 in losses sustained in past three years available for carryover . . ." i.e., for credit against future profits. Then the Journal noticed an ad for another company: "FEED MANUFACTURER . . . $3,000,000 yrly. gross. Excel. plant & buildings appraised at over $500,000. Long record of earnings . . . Full price less than...
Olympic gymnasts must excel in all six events; the points they make in each specialty are totaled, first for individuals, then for their team. The high team total wins the Olympic title. Thus, the few specialists developed by the U.S. have actually dragged down the team's total in past Olympics and proved more hindrance than help to their more versatile fellows...
Thank you for your Dec. 3 article, "Back to Chancery." Children who are taught only "Renaissance calligraphy" (we call it manuscript) learn to read much quicker, easier, and faster than when taught cursive writing. Also, children who are taught manuscript writing excel in spelling...