Word: peculiarities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...native aptitude for it does not exist. Every tutor who was consulted in the preparation of this report stated that students of mediocre ability usually profit by tutorial work in only a very limited degree, and some of them not at all. To these, nature has denied the peculiar gifts necessary for indepenedent scholarship. Consequently the time which a tutor spends in trying to develop qualities that do not exist is time wasted...
...also be defined, in theory as well as in practice, as one who tutors, carries on research, and writes books. In short, if a man has a genius for tutoring, and prefers not to give courses, he ought to feel assured that he will be able to exercise his peculiar gifts as an educator without being penalized...
...impossible to reproduce upon the screen. For this reason The Little Minister lacks some of the effect of the novel from which it was derived. It attempts, therefore, to substitute charms of its own. Because of the delicacy with which Director Richard Wallace handled the story, and the peculiar grace of Katharine Hepburn in the role that Maude Adams created in 1897, the substitution is entirely satisfactory...
...view of the extra-legal "weight of tradition" which by his own statement was an important factor in Mr. Playfair's peculiar recount of the ballots in the recent elections for Senior Marshals it would seem proper to inquire whether or not he had the authority of the Student Council for his actions subsequent to the original count. It would also be interesting to inquire just what Mr. Gibbs, originally co-responsible, had to do. If anything, with recounting, publicizing, and justifying the affair...
That the recount, announced in such peculiar fashion, apparently had no authorization, which would have been easily obtainable, is unfortunate, but if this is the story which the ballots of a capably run election tell, the results must stand. The rumors of inefficiency which surround the conduct of the elections by the two Juniors, however, are of more serious moment, and if they prove to be true unprecedented action may be demanded to meet this unprecedented situation...