Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...idea of creating alternatives to the public school system is not new. Kenneth Clark among others had long argued that the only way to educate the present generation of black children and to pressure the school system into long range reforms was to create as many different kinds of school systems as possible: schools run by the military, by industry, by the state governments, by the federal government, by anyone who was willing to give it a try. Naturally, everyone hasn't jumped at once...
...would not have made the film without her. He wrote the lines to fit his actress' phrasing and speech patterns--not always a wise idea, but definitely so in the case of Nora, who has the unusual and perhaps slightly frightening ability to be herself in front of a camera. Ordinarily, even the most gifted actor cannot be himself on screen...
Covering the specific areas of the report, Elder said that he "liked the idea of cutting the size of the school, for the obvious educational and financial reasons." However, he urged that the reduction be done with flexibility, since certain departments--especially the sciences--"haven't sinned anywhere as much as the humanities...
Elder added that he supported the two-year aid guarantee, but that he was "leery of the 5-year guarantee--leery of the idea of having tenured graduate students." As a possible alternative to that plan Elder suggested a more thorough investigation of income sources for grad students. Elder said that he would name a special five-member committee--to be chaired by Thomas K. Sisson, assistant and made up of two Faculty members-to study sources of income...
...anxious to be helpful, to do what the great majority of the students would like," Zeph Stewart, Master of Lowell House, said. "But we have rooming problems in Lowell. The idea of going through assignments again for next fall makes me feel very tired...