Word: musts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which is a commendable notion, and well carried out. Even when Guerard's interpretations are arguable--as any interpretation of Nigger, at least, must be--he is thorough and persuasive. He is at his best in the discussions of technique...
...detail the elaborate pains Conrad took over each phrase to insure total control of the material and of the reader. Guerard's combination of reverie and manipulation is difficult to accept; to be sure, Marlowe sometimes mentions--and conveys--the dreamlike quality of his tales, but we must attribute the dream to him, not to Conrad, for Guerard himself has taught us not to confuse the two of them. These efforts at psycho-mythical interpretation often contain real insights; what is lacking is reticence. Occasionally this sort of criticism seems forced and far-fetched...
...mind the Administration's giving money to the Student Council. Everyone knows it is a deserving organization, and that it needs money. And, of course, it would make the Deans very happy to know that they are helping students. Students must also be happy at the news that they will no longer be buttonholed and asked for a donation by Council members at registration. Anyway, it was never much fun for the Council to claim to represent the students and then not receive much support from them...
Still, a grim alternative remains. Governor Almond expressed it yesterday, interpreting the recent Little Rock decision as saying "to the states that they must totally abandon not only free public schools where they cannot be operated on an integrated basis, but that they must not render any affirmative assistance to parents who will not send their children to racially mixed schools." The only way for a state to prevent mixed schools is to withdraw absolutely from the field of secondary education...
Labaree liked the small classes of twelve which forced the teacher to "go out more than half-way," especially in elementary courses. "The teacher must identify himself with the students more than with the subject. He has to teach the students history; he can't merely teach history to the students. There's some analogy to this in the college section, but very little in the lecture." Labaree found teaching immensely to his liking. "I guess this is the bug; once it catches on, you never give teaching...