Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bookie's stooge had come around to their door a few days ago, offered them 6 1/2 to 5 on Yale, and had quickly received bets on the Alma Mater by every one present. Winners were to go downtown to the "Old Coffee House" after the game, ask for "Yorkie," and collect their money...
...reappointment of a few of the assistant professors who were officially handed their walking papers last spring. The double-edged case for them has often been stated: that they have proven their abilities as teachers and scholars, and that they are urgently needed by their departments at the present time. In the final analysis, flexibility should exist for no other reason than to provide a solution when one or both of these two situations exist. Whether or not the Administration will admit this remains to be seen in its actions...
There will be a whole Board meeting Friday at 2 o'clock sharp. Every editor is expected to be present for election of officers and candidates...
Both groups favor government-created jobs having additional vocational training as a means to end the pessimism of youth. Such a proposal can be interpreted in two ways. If additional training is to be supplementary to the present amount of cultural education, it will serve a useful purpose. Although ideally unlimited opportunities for advanced education are desirable, practically, because of the continued prevalence of low incomes, this is impossible for a large percentage of the population. Thus any increase in the sum total of all education, provided the present standards of culture are kept as a minimum, is extremely valuable...
...however, increased vocational training takes the place of cultural education either is schools or in colleges, it is definitely undesirable. Such a movement would greatly telescope the teaching of liberal arts in our high schools. In the colleges increased practical training would replace the present theoretical approaches. Such a plan has been suggested by many educators, but its inception would have grave consequences for American democracy...