Word: properer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cover) Cultivation comes first, the proper care of the body -From the well-tended vine comes the most exquisite wine...
...still the same fine-looking woman -a condition the studio attributes to "marital happiness and yoga exercises." Unhappily, she is also the same mistress of sentimental overstatement. She never misses a chance to press her heart and roll her eyes, but she could not be bothered to learn the proper way to blow out a kerosene lamp.*As for Actor Ladd, after 17 years and 40 starring roles, he has at last been able to make a significant contribution to the screen...
...proper teaching of science is probably the greatest problem before American secondary education. Yet the schools must not only teach more physics and chemistry, but should also face the issue of the isolation of science--make science and scientists seem relevant to the citizen, and indeed make citizenship seem relevant to the scientist and bring him into the community...
Along with these contrasts there are specialized problems which apply equally to all parts of the system. Such questions as "What can be done for the exceptionally bright student?" "What can be done to further the development of science in secondary schools?" and "What is the proper role of organizations such as the P.T.A. in the educational system?" have never been satisfactorily answered in America...
...many years, the only instructor at the small College was the President, who taught all four classes. A few tutors were hired as enrollment increased, and the medieval tradition, that the proper teacher for undergraduates should be a recent graduate, was continued. The tutors not only taught every subject the College offered, but were also responsible for the students' intellectual, moral, and spiritual development...