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...paper’s outgoing editors elected their successors early Friday morning, and the president of the 135th Guard, Malcom A. Glenn ’09, announced the results to the staff soon after. “I look to our new leaders with great excitement and great faith in what things they will accomplish,” Glenn said today. “The new guard is filled with all the talent, experience, and necessary skills to fulfill their goals in the year ahead.” Child will be joined on The Crimson’s masthead...
...some of the earliest independent schools in America: Philadelphia's William Penn Charter School was founded in 1689, New York's Friends Seminary in 1786, Sidwell in 1883 (when it was called the Friends' Select School). From the start, Quaker schools aimed to instill the distinct values of the faith, particularly that the "inner light" inside each person can guide them to divine truth. The early Quakers had no creed to teach or sacrament to unite and distinguish the congregation. Instead they taught a way of life, deeply democratic, severe and simple, that could be sustained only through a faithful...
...This was especially necessary because the lessons of the faith were often at odds with the mood of the times. "A Simple Faith. A Radical Witness" serves as a kind of Quaker slogan. Back in the days when clergy were princes, Quakers believed in a "priesthood of all believers." In an economy that relied on slavery, Quakers preached mercy, to the point of using schools as command posts for the Underground Railroad. In a Puritan culture that viewed children as evil miniatures corrupted by original sin, Quakers treated them with respect, as Children of Light: no whips, no paddles...
...Obamas looked at a number of excellent Washington schools before deciding on Sidwell. From what we know of the family's faith journey, it has not passed through a Quaker Meeting House - but it's easy to imagine that the girls and their parents will feel right at home...
...everyone? And if so many hidden factors predispose some individuals for success, is it even possible to do so? Gladwell’s failure to answer these and other questions leaves his argument feeling incomplete. Still, the book is eminently readable, and though it may not shake your faith in “grit and determination,” it is certain to make you think. For some, reading “Outliers” may feel like a personal attack on their pride in their own achievements. For others, it may be a vindication of their belief that...