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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...composite picture of an energetic Russia slowly overcoming her serious internal weaknesses emerged from yesterday's faculty colloquium on "The Soviet Union Today," held before a large crowd of reuners in Paine Hall...
...cities the best of all possible school systems, actually runs the gamut from outstanding to abominable, and is thus a suitable area for illustration and internal comparison.) The Board of Education of Mamaroneck decided several years ago that it was time to build an addition to the high school, held meetings and forums, convinced the daily paper to carry stories on the building, and with no difficulty, managed to have the bond issue passed. When it was discovered that the original figure was too low, the Board by these same methods garnered an even higher percentage of votes...
About six miles away, however, the city of Mount Vernon has been trying for seven years to swing a referendum to build one large, or two smaller high schools. Within this period, the school board has held four referenda, each of which has been voted down, following an active campaign on the part of a non-parent citizens group claiming that the structure cost too much (and as each year passes the costs rise). In the last referendum in December, the organization also cried that the referendum, was scheduled during the week preceeding Christmas purposely to garner a small...
...about as much parental interference as the Overseers exert at Harvard. But they are not, and, since parents are their sole support, they do have a right to take a strong interest in the way in which they are being run. The belief in equality of and for all held so strongly by so many in the United States, increases the interest of parents in schools: "I know as much about my child's needs as you do; I have a right to supervise the education you are giving him." The school no longer holds for the parent the respect...
Among the substantive changes in the operation of the House system were the House sections held in Winthrop, a new science "tutorial" in Kirkland, a senior thesis "forum" in Lowell, and, of course, the much talked-of "Ford money." "Ford money" meant an allotment of $1,400 last year and $2,400 this year, given to each House, to be used to promote the intellectual and cultural activity within the Houses. Some money was devoted to contests, small dinners, or even building renovations, and to inviting distinguished guests to live in the Houses for a time--some who came here...