Word: normalities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nevertheless, in the long view I cannot believe that a country like Soviet Russia, developing so rapidly in all the technical, scientific and material improvements of life, will not in due course be subjected to the normal development of all civilized people...
...denies that this public awakening is responsible for the school's curriculum changes. In fact he thinks it quite unlikely that Sputnik-inspired pressure will have any effect on the school, unless it be indirectly, through pressure on colleges. Rather, the changes have evolved naturally, through faculty turnover and normal self-evaluation...
...activities--classes, work and household jobs, evening activity groups, and skiing--boys and girls take part togehter. Co-education is the most famous and controversial feature of Putney; it is also one of the most successful and realistic of the school's policies. Putney provides a more normal situation than does the traditional academy without creating any problems which would not arise in an ordinary community. Despite the popular stories concerning "free love", what Mrs. Hinton termed "boy-girl" problems are actually minor, with very little proctoring, and even less promiscuity...
...country. Even the Advanced Placement English class finds trouble fitting in enough time to work on writing. The school administration has moved this year, however, to place more stress on English composition work. English teachers have been limited to four classes a day, in contrast with the normal load of five for other teachers. The extra time, according to the principal, will enable pupils and teachers "to work more industriously in developing quality in writing...
...course, many non-academic courses are also available. Because of the great proportion of students planning on college, no formal vocational program is offered, although courses in typing, shop, business law, and similar subjects are provided. Many students weave these courses into the normal college preparatory program, and almost all take some sort of non-academic elective. The curriculum includes art, speech, mechanical drawing, cooking, singing, dramatics, health, driver education, etc., and most of the traditional garnishings of American public education...