Word: maye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long as any nonacademic interest occupies first place in a boy's scale of values he should be given 'time out' to investigate it before he is sent to college. It may be that the boy will find that he is totally mistaken. A little actual experience on a farm may convince him that his interest in agriculture is not so deep as it once seemed; some time in a studio may reveal that his talent is not so great as he fancied. In that case, he can always return to college. But, until he has cleared...
...may seem an anomalous thing to say that the true scholar is out of place in our institutions of higher learning, but such is very frequently the case. Ever since the word went out that a college diploma was the only possible pass-key to wealth, wisdom, and social success, the rush of students coming to college for irrelevant reasons has threatened to swamp the true scholar. In 1895, the enrollment in American colleges was 45,000. At present it is well over 500,000. Some of the new arrivals came to snatch the technical training which would enable them...
...sensitive that his masters never know it, for he becomes tongue-tied in class and paralyzed in examinations. Often enough, both are wrong. If the boy can be found some afternoon (when he should be studying) engaged in conversation with a neighborhood farmer, or chauffeur or shopkeeper, it may be observed that he is neither stupid nor reticent. In fact, he may be very wise about certain things, such as farms, or gasoline engines, or boats, and he can talk to you almost with eloquence about what makes the bees swarm, or what causes that sputter in your motor...
...revised list of proctors for the academic year of 1929-30, appointed by the regent, shows 17 new men out of a staff of 46. The list of proctors and where they may be found follows: (The stars denote the new appointments.) Apley 1 *R. K. Lamb 1G. Apthoep 12 J. H. Perkins, 2nd 2L. Beck 25 *R. H. Field Sp.L. Beck 22 *M. A. Cheek 1G.B. Claverly 23 *C. McK. Norton 1L Claverly 44 Davidson Sommers 3L. Dana 37 *T. L. M. Newton Drayton 8 *Humphrey Slatter Jr. 1L. Dunster 23 Asst. Dean Henry Chauncey Gore...
...article in the current Atlantic Monthly quoted elsewhere in this issue of the CRIMSON, W. I. Nichols '26 follows the source of the trouble back to the families of the student and holds them to account for forcing their sons to go to college without considering whether they may not have special talents best developed in another...