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...which requires Mathematics through calculus of all freshmen, is regarded as the toughest of the "New Curriculum." Professor Arnold B. Arons, who studied under Professor Leonard K. Nash in G.S.A.S. and advocates many of Conant's ideas, make his course purposely tough "to jolt the boys out of a rut and make them exert a real intellectual effort." Unlike Harvard's Natural Science courses, Arons' Science 1-2 and 3-4 serve as the basic courses for science majors as well as other liberal arts concentrators...
...solution to his creative problems himself, in the light of those vital tasks with which the party has confronted us all . . . I even think that certain works that have been turned down by the Composers' Union should be printed and performed . . . We must get out of the rut...
Artist Baker now lives "in a white house on a green knoll in a beautiful valley" in Hendersonville. N.C.. where, he says, "I work every day in the week and never, never have a day off. I'm in a gorgeous rut." It takes Baker two weeks to complete a TIME cover. He commutes to New York every other Wednesday to deliver a portrait and pick up his next assignment. During the work on a cover, he walks a mile before breakfast and does elaborate calisthenics to combat easel fatigue. The one exercise he hates is mowing...
...take the most promising men from the workbench or college, and set up a systematic program to turn the brightest of them into bosses. These men are shifted from department to department to get the broadest possible view of the entire operation and to keep from getting in the rut that is frequently the penalty of over-specialization. Periodically, the men are graded by their superiors, e.g., Esso Standard Oil has an elaborate form on which a man's superiors grade him for everything from job performance to ambition, analytical ability, emotional stability, cooperation, decisiveness, coordination and responsibility...
Nagged by the thought that he might become typed as a ventriloquist and some day go stale, Winchell began taking on straight acting roles ("I want to become so flexible that I just can't get into a rut"), today does a weekly seven-minute dramatic sketch midway in his comedy show. He turns down most offers to guest-star his ventriloquist act on other television programs, but he keeps an ear cocked for calls for Paul Winchell, actor. It's not that he doesn't have enormous affection for his wooden pal Jerry, but he asks...