Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...faculty which makes these judgments is essentially a teaching faculty--the kind that would be interested in mak- ing such detailed analysis of its students. Only fourteen members have doctorates. In addition, Case calls it far from the ideal size, in spite of the high faculty-student ratio. More members, according to him, are needed in order to furnish an intellectual climate for the faculty as a whole. The students keep the faculty on their toes with stimulus from "good, bright, eager undergraduate minds...
Most students admit, however, that Bard is a far from ideal place in which to spend an entire year, or even a month, unbroken. Each Friday, therefore, a fairly large number board trains, drive automobiles, or simply hitchhike the 95 miles to New York City...
...approached his work at Harvard. And ultimately, as he says, "Harvard offers an unparalleled home to anyone concerned with the development of human nature through and with the aid of intelligence. Development by definition means 'variety of achievement' And the greatness of Harvard is to be found in an ideal of development that is sufficiently flexible and large-minded to prize the variety and individuality of the human spirit...
Flaubert has a common tie with other great satirists; his heroes set out to test and idea in the harshness of the world. With Don Quixote it is the chivalric ideal, with Candide, optimism. And with Bouvard and Pecuchet it is the notion that ideas themselves can triumph throughout the world...
With the big games with Penn, Dartmouth, and Yale coming closer, two or three key injures could hurt the squad severely. The mud and cold today will be ideal for pulled muscles and sprains...