Word: finleyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...John J. Finley '68 of Lowell House and Falls Church, Va., manager; David A. Grimes '69 of Quincy House and Greensboro, N.C., student conductor; Gordon H. Sellon Jr., '68 of Dudley House and Belmont, drill master; Wayne S. Barry '69 of Eliot House and Wilmette, III. Also approved assistant managers, Joseph Field '69 of Leverett House and Weston; William C. Horne '69 of Leverett House and Beverly; S. Kent Rawson '69 of Leverett House and Topeka, Kansas; Michael S. Schooler '69 of Lowell House and Rochester, N.Y.; and Robert D. Whittemore '69 of Leverett House and New York...
Once upon a time there was a colorful section man in Hum 2. "He's not teaching anybody anything," complained another teaching fellow to John Finley, the lecturer in the course. "He's the closest thing to a mad man I know." "Ah," said Mr. Finley, "but he has flair...
There are competent people about--students and section men alike. But Finley, for 25 years Master of Eliot House, reserves his highest praise for those who possess the elusive and transcendent quality of flair. His own, of course, is legendary. In appearance he combines the best traits of Henry James' English gentleman and Robert Frost's New England farmer. Custom tailored three-piece suits with cuffs that really button set off a lined, craggy face. The white hair is long, sometimes over the collar, and the flaring bushy eyebrows suggest now an urbane devil, now a hoary Puck...
...John H. Finley, master of Eliot House, said last night that he objected to a rally within House grounds because it would subject students to pressure. "One of the jobs of the House officials," Finley continued, "is to make sure that a House (with a big H) is more like a house (with a small...
...Finley arms her students with a dictionary and a Roget's Thesaurus, finds that both become thoroughly thumbed as the children seek synonyms to fit the rigid line scheme, stretching their vocabularies. To keep them searching, she bans such overworked words as fine, nice, pretty and good. Mrs. Finley is not alone in trying to teach writing in 17 hard syllables: the National Council of Teachers of English reports that haiku are turning up in classrooms throughout the country. Creating a haiku, teachers have found, expands a child's imagery, provides a quick sense of accomplishment because...