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...south bank of Washington's broad Tidal Basin, the new Jefferson Monument shimmered in the thin April sunlight. A stiff spring breeze cut through the tall, white marble pillars, swept over the austere white marble dome, bent the yew and dogwood trees clustered near by. Now & again the wind shook a film of spray over the broad steps; against the marble columns it tossed puffs of cherry blossoms and coal smoke from the railroad tracks...
...Times, with a straight face, expressed grave concern when less sixteen per cent of the 7000 freshmen tested failed to note that serving as President of the United States was one of the major contributions made by Thomas Jefferson to the political, economic or social development of the country. At many other points the questions were either irrelevant as indices of historical knowledge or were so insulting to the intelligence of those tested that they invoked nonsensical and ironic retorts rather than honest attempts to answer...
...hundred and fifty college freshmen wrote "Jefferson Davis" on the recent survey made by the New York Times, and there were enough similar replies to cause headlines that 25 per cent of college freshmen did not know the correct answer...
...lists of the major contributions of Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson, and Theodore Roosevelt, the facetious student and the opinionated marker came into violent contact, and the results are both amusing and amazing...
...Henderson, E. F. III '46, Dunster G-43 TRO 5865 Hiatt, H. H. '46, Leverett J-23 ELI 2476 Higgins, J. S. '43, Adams F-3 KIR 7239 Hodges, C. E. III '45, Eliot G-22 ELI 2552 Hurley, J. M. '44, Leverett A-42 TRO 6453 J Jefferson, P. W. Jr. '46, Dunster C-15 KIR 9496 Johnson, D. S. '46, Dunster C-15 KIR 9496 K Karnow, S. A. '45, Kirkland I-34 KIR 6081 Keller, W. E. '46, Winthrop J-42 TRO 1174 Kenmore, P. '45, Dunster B-11 KIR 2203 Kent, O. B. Jr. '45, Eliot...