Word: patterns
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fond belief of many a pedagog that a major change is imminent in the pattern of U. S. education. Still dominant in the U. S. is the 8-4-4 pattern (eight years of grammar school, four of high school, four of college). In the last generation has arisen a rival 6-3-3-4 pattern (six years of grammar school, three of junior high, three of senior high, four of college). The pressure of the "old grad" has kept the four-year college course sacrosanct. But educators see a natural break between sophomore and junior years. Up to that...
...where hordes of high school graduates, who want more schooling but not four classical years of it, could round out a broad and cultural education. Were President Hutchins dictator of all U. S. education he would combine senior high school and junior college on a 6-4-4-2 pattern (six years of grammar school, four of junior high, four of senior-high-plus-junior-college, with an extra two years or more of university work for serious students only). Many educators differ on the specific pattern but agree on the aims...
...color photography, an attempt is being made in the Anthropology Department to solve one of the many problems confronting the physical anthropologist, the problem of measuring eye pigmentation and pattern. The experiments are being carried on by Edward Hertzberg under a grant from the Milton Fund...
...physical makeup, anthropologists have been able to make actual measurements of many features, such as stature, head length, facial width, and the like. Many other characteristics of the individual, however, cannot yet be accurately determined. The shape and slope of the forehead, hair color, the color and pattern of the eye fall into this category...
Just before an epileptic has a fit, a "larval explosion" of large surges occurs through his brain, three every second, producing 100 to 300 millionths of a volt each. The wave pattern is large, slow and evenly curved but cut by sharp downward strokes which perhaps reflect convulsions in the brain. During the depths of the epileptic fit, the characteristic long slow curves assume an unbroken S-shape...