Word: macintoshes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even to such an experienced college man as Macintosh, the figure was shocking. Most of the students, Macintosh found, dropped out because of academic failure; and most of those who fell by the wayside did so during the freshman year...
...feeling proud of itself on one count-more of its citizens had been getting to college than ever before. But how many stayed the course? Last week Vice President Archibald Macintosh...
...most part, says Macintosh, the colleges are to blame. Many of them fail to learn enough about their students before admitting them, nor do they pay enough attention to them once they are there. Students need guidance, especially during freshman year. What they find, too often, is a drab and rigid schedule, overcrowded classes, comparatively inexperienced and uninspiring teachers-for "in a curious way a tradition seems to have grown up that it is somewhat beneath the dignity of a full professor to stoop to teach freshmen." A further discouragement: "In some institutions it is the practice...
...Harold Macintosh, Chairman of the National Savings Committee, acidly commented: ". . . bad taste...
...student club singsongs ... Herilhy's "fawn the battalion" ... Kolker and "my name is Marvin J." ... And the case of champagne to: Lt. Beckham, attaining the senile age of 24 come 18 April ... Student Club Saturday night struggles ... Webb, Van Housen, Hope, Bergen, et al, for getting things done ... Captain MacIntosh for our 13-day leave ... and those one hundred iron men on their...