Word: respecters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discussing Topic i-What should our schools accomplish?-six members out of eleven at Hildebrand's Table No. 40 flatly declared that the schools are trying to do too much. But when the final report on school goals came out with 14 vague and diffuse points-e.g., respect and appreciation for human values-the six were moved to protest. The 14 points, they said, "were presented with no analysis of their relative importance or their practicability . . . The blanket praise given to 'the schools' as 'better than ever before' is not consistent with the catastrophic...
...grips with the real crisis in education. A proper attack on that crisis "would not have brought forth '14 points' with no analysis of -their relative importance, where subjects like chemistry or grammar' that can be taught, are confused with 'attitudes,' such as 'respect and appreciation for human values . . .' that can be caught by association with those who have them, but not taught. In place of the complacent statement that 'the schools are doing the best job in their history in teaching these skills,' it might have been possible to arouse...
...ripple today in an intellectual community such as Harvard will have a great effect throughout the United States," Buckley commented. Wechsler answered that he had the "highest respect for Harvard professors" but doubted that they have that much influence on the national scene...
Communism is a philosophy of power, even when it lacks power; the West is committed to the pursuit of truth, even when it cannot be reached. When these facts are put together in a debate (which demands respect for truth) over an issue of war (which demands respect for power), the result is likely to be a Sargasso Sea of lies, confusion and boredom...
...Medical Council to remove his name from its roster. He visited the U.S. twice for consultation with Akers' staff. Last week, back in Britain and fighting to keep his council listing, Dr. Kelvin was accused by the council's disciplinary committee of "infamous conduct in a professional respect." His defense: he had been victimized by American advertising and press-agentry. His discovery, he said, had been played up in phony ads, he had been goaded by reporters, and the proposed clinic had proved "a mirage...