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...absence of such a structure, the Chief Executive must exercise a lonely and nearly superhuman monitorship of the whole system-an undertaking that is beyond the limits of individual knowledge and energy. Vision without discipline is a daydream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

Parkman was one of the outstanding students while at St. Mark's, being honored with a monitorship there. He matriculated at Harvard in the fall of 1915 and completing his course in three years, he was graduated Magna Cum Laude and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society with the class of 1918. He was a John Harvard scholar for one year, held a Harvard College scholarship two years, and was elected in his senior year a member of the class committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PARKMAN ELECTED HEADMASTER OF ST. MARK'S ACADEMY | 1/8/1930 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the suggestion is like most attempts to justify mistakes, in that it overlooks the original cause. If students could be trusted to have a genuine excuse for each absence, monitorship would never have been invented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PUNCH THE TIME-CLOCK | 10/30/1922 | See Source »

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