Word: kirks
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With a scholar's pride former Dean Lawrence Chamberlain of Columbia College listed his school's most serious purpose: to assure "a small but steady flow of superior young men into our graduate schools." Then, in his final report to Columbia University President Grayson Kirk, released last week, Teacher Chamberlain, 52, detailed two courses that the college might follow in the next decade: 1) to aim for continuity, preserve in the college the same standards and values it has now; 2) to stiffen entrance requirements drastically, and insist that incoming freshmen possess much of the knowledge that...
...Minneapolis, Minn. 76 Clark, William D. '61 T 18 6.2 198 Cincinnati, Ohio 77 Briggs, Peter G. '59 T 21 6.3 225 Marblehead, Mass. 78 Francis, Edward L. '59 T 21 6.2 215 Dover, Mass. 80 Cappiello, David L. '60 E 19 5.11 190 Auburn, N.Y. 81 Kirk, Paul G., Jr. '60 E 20 5.11 185 Newton, Mass. 82 Sullivan, Jeremiah, J., Jr. '61 E 20 5.11 179 Cambridge, Mass. 83 Aadalen, Richard J. '61 E 19 6.3 195 Red Wing, Minn. 84 Keohane, Harold J. '60 E 21 6.2 186 Arlington, Mass. 85 Hershon, Stuart...
...member of the audience arose to correct Kirk's estimate of Egyptian literacy, stating that according to U.N. figures, 55 per cent have fifth-grade reading ability, and adding that there had been a 300 per cent increase in building of schools "since the British were taken...
...defense, Kirk replied that Egypt has had its own Ministry of Education since 1923 and could have produced such an increase long ago. In a dictatorship, he added, "literacy" can mean the "ability to read that stuff that falls into the hands of the people. The Devil, as we know, can quote Scripture for his purpose...
...reply to the final query--whether it is possible to formulate a policy alienating neither Arabs nor Israelis--Kirk stated that "theoretically it's not impossible," but "it's like balancing along a hair as sharp as the edge of a razor...