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...when the management men get together for informal talk, the main criticism of their own program revolves around the presentation of the case material. For example, in a group interview, Ronald L. McVey complained that "management never does anything right in any of these cases. Everyone is an example of management doing something poorly...

Author: By David C.D. Rogers, | Title: Executives Find 'B' School Program Stiff Grind | 4/22/1952 | See Source »

...hard to know just what to do with Clarence E. McVey, the North Carolina carpenter who had been jailed after he defied a court order and insisted on sending his son to school a year before the law permits (TIME, April 9). Last week, Judge Leo Carr finally made his decision. Since David had nearly finished the school year, said the court, he might stay on and be promoted with his class. But father McVey would have to pay a price for his principles: a $150 fine or another 20 days in jail for contempt of court. Carpenter McVey, released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Price for Principles | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

Even in maturity, long-legged (6 ft. 6 in.) Clarence E. McVey, 49, a carpenter of Graham, N.C. (pop. 5,000) could not forget the misery of his schooldays. He had grown so fast that he towered above all his classmates, was so gangling and awkward that he became the butt of their jokes. He swore that his five-year-old son David, already over four feet tall, would never have to suffer from the family curse of being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Case of the Growing Boy | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...teacher asked Clarence McVey to take five-year-old David out of school. McVey flatly refused. A few weeks later, the county school board made the same request, but McVey still refused. Last week, when he ignored a formal order from North Carolina's Tenth District Superior Court to keep David at home, he was hauled off to jail. Said McVey: "I'll stay here and rot before I take little David out of school." This week, there he stayed- and David stayed in school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Case of the Growing Boy | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...mile a 23-year-old BU junior named Bob Foley ran away from easy-striding Crusader favorite George McVey on the last lap to win in 10:02.3. Bill Baker, with the leaders all the way, finished third...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Track Team Beats Holy Cross, B.U. | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

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