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Needless to say, this brand of objectivity is not overly popular. Most complaints, though, are based on blindness to a basic distinction: the difference between slanting and interpretation. To the uninitiated in this long-standing controversy, both appear interchangeable. They are not. Where slanting means conscious distortion in the interests...
Thayer notes in his history that "transgressions of arbitrary academic or theological requirements are punished more severely than misbehavior which indicates real moral defects: . . . 'neglecting analysing' is twice as wicked as lying; absence for recitation is as blameworthy as drunkenness . . . ."
Loyal McGuffians wound up their celebration with an old-fashioned spelling bee and took part in a recitation contest. Later they discussed the possibilities of someday building an even finer museum. No one was quite sure how it could be done with the society's present dues of 10...
¶ Left intact a New Jersey law which requires the daily reading of at least five verses from the Old Testament in public schools, permits the recitation of the Lord's Prayer, and allows any pupil to walk out of either if he does not want to participate. The...
"Smoking has been tolerated in lecture and recitation rooms, students have been allowed to read newspapers during class, and sometimes assume such undignified positions as putting feet on other seats, DeVane wrote in a letter to all instructors and professors. "This must be stopped. I expect you to control your...