Word: marson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When mighty Harvard accepts a boy, he considers himself among the ablest high school seniors in the land. This popular idea cuts little ice with Schoolmaster Philip Marson, who prepared generations of Harvard men at famed Boston Latin School, the nation's oldest public school, which last week celebrated its 325th birthday. Marson's contention: Harvard's entrance requirements are at a record low. And the effect on Boston Latin-and all U.S. secondary schools-is disastrous...
Three years ago Marson quit Boston Latin after teaching English there for 31 years (TIME, March 10, 1958). He left with a blast: "The American school system, from first grade through college, has become a huge kindergarten." Marson spells out his charge in a new book, A Teacher Speaks (David McKay; $3.95). No sensationalist ("I feel as though I am doing a mental and spiritual strip-tease before a mob on Boston Common"), Marson hopes "to reveal some of the causes as well as the potential cures for a very sick educational system...