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...spite combining housework with homework, the Missus at Radcliffe has one up academically on her unmarried classmates. Not a single married student now in the College or in last year's graduating class ranked below Group Five, Dean's Office listings show...
...current-materials boys & girls reported that it was much easier to get their fathers and mothers to help them with their homework...
Another aid to Kiner's hitting is his movie camera and projector. Part of his homework is studying slow-motion pictures of himself at bat, looking for telltale hitches, lunges and hesitations. At the first sign of any break in his smooth-flowing style he goes to work on himself. Unlike most contemporary sluggers, Kiner digs into a wide-legged stance at the plate and takes almost no stride at all as he meets the ball. The usual forward stride, he thinks, is a waste motion and throws a power hitter off balance. To get maximum power into...
...Authentic? They also brought back to class more news than was being printed in the daily papers. Before long, the six professionals were unashamedly cribbing from their classmates' homework. After six months, Editor Efron decided that her newshawks were ready to put out their own model newspaper. Printed in a limited edition of 1,000 copies and distributed to government offices, labor unions, political parties and cafés, Vol. 1, No. 1 of Journal caused a national uproar...
There were nightly sessions of homework with Père in charge. The boys' schoolwork got more attention than the girls'; father explained that girls got married and became wives & mothers, while boys could become priests or lawyers. He was a stern taskmaster. When his two sons entered his office as clerks, St. Laurent paid them $2.25 a week with the explanation : "When you have no money to spend, you have more time for your books." Père St. Laurent also laid down the rules for his daughters' courtships. Said daughter Madeleine: "Father's word on any subject...