Word: jeffersonism
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...reputation as an institution of great learning and to increasing its financial resources. Should this be the main criterion for awarding tenure? Is it not possible to say that a person's teaching abilities are of vital importance to those people who crowd the halls of Sever, Emerson and Jefferson? Consequently, can it not be said that students should and must be involved in the process of awarding tenure? Let us look further for an answer...
...Jefferson wrote-or should have written-in the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these perceptions to be self-evident...
...does the press persist in making the race for the Democratic nomination two-way [Oct. 24]? Walter Mondale and John Glenn are not the only men vying for the honor. Nor are they the only candidates with a chance of gaining it. The Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Iowa proved that Alan Cranston is a force to be reckoned with...
Robert K. Murray of Pennsylvania State University has surveyed 1,000 Ph.D. historians as part of a study on how such authorities assess American Presidents. The 1,000 rated Kennedy 13th, in the middle of the "above average" category. Those considered great: Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. Near great: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman. Above average: John Adams, Lyndon Johnson, James K. Polk, John Kennedy, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland...
...greatest actor of our time, dimming those mere celluloid performers like Ronald Reagan. He was on a stage as wide as the world and in a drama of the centuries. He commanded with Marlborough and debated with Churchill; he dined with Jefferson and rode with Sherman to the sea. He was a practical romantic who sought the company of the great, both in his fantasies and in real life. He urged America to follow this youthful adventure of mind and body. That is why John Kennedy lives among us yet today. In death he found a place in the caravan...