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Word: gymnasium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many Germans are now also questioning the basic structure of the system. Like most European countries, Germany separates its young by exam at an early age (ten), sending the brightest through the rigorous, classics-oriented Gymnasium and on to the university; the rest attend the Mittelschule or the less exacting Volkschule, both roughly equivalent to American junior high schools. Currently, less than 7% of German youths enter the Gymnasium; in France, by comparison, almost 13% attend the equivalent lycée. Many wonder whether so small a number of high-level graduates can provide the intellectual skills to keep Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education Abroad: The Third Debacle? | 7/16/1965 | See Source »

Quinte's head is "a tiny gymnasium swarming with all kinds of athletes in the process of exercising variously"-but afraid to compete. He despises uniformity but craves membership in the Club. He rebels against mediocrity but tells himself he is "too mediocre to think of beauty." His blood boils with desire, "very strong desire that knocks about everything, zigzagging, starved, steeped in pride and filth," but he follows his impulses only in dreams. In the end, says Quinte, "one finds oneself with all those others, those terrible others, who resemble each other and whom I resemble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Incoherent Man | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

...match, arranged by Hugh Nawn Jr., of the Harvard Club of Boston, probably drew every squash enthusiast in the area, and maybe a few more. The crowd of about 600 packed Hemenway Gymnasium an hour before the match was to begin; a few literally climbed the walls...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Hashim Battles Mohibulla to Draw In Exhibition for 600 Squash Fans | 3/25/1965 | See Source »

Mohibulla and Hashim Khan, indisputedly the two best squash players in the world, will play an exhibition match today at 5:30 p.m. in Hemenway Gymnasium. Tickets are not required for admission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kalins Clash Today | 3/24/1965 | See Source »

Mohibullah and Hashim Khan, two Pakistanis who practically own the game of squash-racquets, will play an exhibition match for Harvard enthusiasts Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Hemenway Gymnasium...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Khans Will Play Squash In Exhibition Wednesday | 3/22/1965 | See Source »

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