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...late '30's, he said, education was considered primarily as the back-bone of American democracy. By the 1950's this concern with the social purpose of education had decreased, and emphasis had shifted to developing the ability to think. During this "decade of intellect," the gifted child received much attention, and was the beneficiary of such innovations as the Advanced Placement Program...
...Morroe ultimately comes off best. Beset by his companions, in a drunken peroration Morroe appeals to his dead friend: "Leslie, he begged, intercede for me. I am no big intellect. I am no bargain. I watch too much television. I read, but I do not retain. I am not lost exactly, but I am still nowhere. I am the servant of no great cause. I follow the recommendations of the Consumer's Research Bulletin...
...nation where politicians affect superior airs, Shastri is modest and retiring. Among a people given to rhetoric and ritual, he is concrete and practical. In a land reverencing charismatic leadership and far-reaching intellect, he looks like a messenger boy and disparages his own brain. Above all, he is reassuringly rational. Though he fights corruption, he does so with intelligence and compassion, well aware that badly paid public servants will invariably be tempted by bribes...
...professors, convey no sense either that Faculty members have anything but papier mache between their ears or that this is what the Harvard student meets in his classes at Harvard. Why doesn't the Yearbook look in detail at a professor or two to show that the life of intellect is worthwhile (or worthless, as the case may be)? Why not a feature on the too-familiar teaching fellow, what his problems are and how he solves them...
There is a function which no Harvard institution serves, and that is to encourage intellectual breadth. Mr. Pusey, I hope, had in mind that good use of the intellect includes more than applying it to curriculum, and that PBK might reward this broader...