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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fair, the U.S. Pavilion, with its open plaza, reflecting pool and splashing fountains, has become a star attraction. But what is inside the lofty, translucent drum designed by Architect Edward D. Stone (TIME, Cover, March 31) has become the subject of a running controversy, at home and abroad. Main reason is that the U.S., setting out to give its interpretation of a new humanism tailored to fit the Atomic Age, decided it could win more friends by using the soft sell. The result has led many a critic to charge that the sell is so soft that it has given...
...mammal. Geology is brought in again to tie things together, as the various geologic eras provide a frame for locating different developments in evolution. And geology furnishes a good transition to studies of skeletons and dermal structure, for the evidence of these is founds in rocks. The ten main phyla are studied, with special emphasis on the chordates, and particular attention to the mammals. A study of the reproductive process in mammals provides an effective sex education...
...problems and methods are representative of the suburban high school in general. Along with others, such as Newton, New Trier, and Shaker Heights, Scarsdale is considered by many educators as one of the nation's finest public secondary schools. Like most of these communities, Scarsdale has one main advantage in the effort to secure good educational facilities--it is a very wealthy village...
...quarters of America's high school students believe that the most important thing they can learn in school is "how to get along with people." Academic achievement rated first with fourteen per cent. Two thirds of U.S. college students would rather be popular than brilliant, and hold that the main purpose of education is to develop a well-rounded personality...
Just as '58 returned from its junior year Christmas vacation, one startling change was made as Lloyd Jordan's contract was bought up by the University. Nobody ever made it very explicit as to why Jordan was fired, but the two main interpretations were that he sounded off against Ivy code admissions regulations, and that his teams did not win. The University said he was fired as a "poor teacher," but did not define what a good teacher...