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Word: failings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Late in the fourth quarter, after three first downs in three plays, the Quincy eleven fumbled on the Dudley 25 yard line to fail in its major scoring attempt and lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the House | 10/30/1959 | See Source »

Whether accomplished through seminars or Gen Ed sections, the teaching of prose exposition must include as much individual consultation between teacher and students as possible. Present sections often fail in this respect. While it may never be possible to institute individual conferences instead of sections (Harold Martin, Director of Gen Ed A, stresses that the number of personnel that can be recruited is limited) there is need for more individual consultation than now exists. Perhaps experiments in decreasing the number of sections per term in order increase time for student-instructor conferences would help strengthen teaching...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

...these programs for giving students a chance to learn during the summer fail to solve the real problem: until the summer session is compulsory, only a minority of students will attend, and a third of the year will still be wasted. A few students who want extra learning will not make up for the majority who are content to stay with the old schedule. Only a radical approach like the four-quarter program seems likely to break through the inertia and provide the efficiency, economy, and opportunity which the more conventional proposals seek to duplicate...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Schools, Colleges Experiment With Full-Time Operation: Four Quarters, Summer Sessions | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

Much work still needs to be done on the team's passing and kicking, Young believes, but both of these weaknesses should be ironed out by the Dartmouth opener next week. With the tremendous depth available on the squad, it cannot fail to be a banner year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Squad Shows Great Depth; Expects Strongest Season in Years | 10/16/1959 | See Source »

...considering a career, "duty" and "service" are suspect terms, usually quickly discarded. And yet, how often do security, prestige, or income affect our decisions? Many times our youthful ideas and ambitions fail to materialize because they involve risks, or appear socially dubious, or, time and again, not lucrative enough...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: 'Moral Philosophy' in a Secular University | 10/15/1959 | See Source »

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