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Soon after Marjorie McGill entered high school, she began to call on her father for help with homework problems. Occasionally, father & daughter struggled until 2 a.m. over the stuff, sometimes didn't get through all Marjorie's assignments even then. As a teacher himself (at the John Adams High School in Queens, N.Y.), father James V. McGill began to wonder: Was all this travail really necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Forget It? | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...Teacher McGill persuaded four of his colleagues in the social sciences to join him in an experiment. He picked 185 pairs of students, each pair closely matched in ability. To one group the teachers gave the usual homework assignments, to the other, none at all. Last week in High Points, official magazine of New York City public high-school teachers, McGill made his report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Forget It? | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...Hedmen of McGill, after the long trip from Montreal and playing on unfamiliar courts, were easy victims with the exception of their top map, Quain, who extended Captain Henry Foster to five sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Sweeps McGill; Indians to Play Here Today | 12/9/1950 | See Source »

...varsity squash team defeated McGill University, 7 to 0, yesterday in its first intercollegiate match of the season. The team meets Dartmouth at 3 p.m. today is Hemenway Gymnastum. The Crimson displayed both strength and depth as it steps MCGill, which defeated Dartmouth last week. The Indians have a win over M.I.T. to their credit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Sweeps McGill; Indians to Play Here Today | 12/9/1950 | See Source »

...varsity squash team plays its first intercollegiate match of the season against McGill at 3:30 p.m. today in Hemenway Gymnasium. McGill has already played one match, defeating Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Varsity Faces McGill In First Major Match Today | 12/8/1950 | See Source »

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