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Dates: during 1950-1959
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James B. Conant, President Emeritus of Harvard University said Tuesday night that an intensified language program, rather than increased scientific training, is the major need of American secondary schools. Conant saw no need for a stepped up program of science education at the high school level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Stresses Language Needs In High Schools | 9/25/1958 | See Source »

...Wiggles-worth, the sight of a bare nail-polished foot extended upon a chair during a final exam, and the overly friendly girls who ask a young man whether he "would tutor me in this course because I just have no idea of what's going on." This summer saw an unusually large number of renowned professors among the School's faculty: Allen Tate, C. Northcote Parkinson, Angus Taylor, Harold Schmidt, and many others. On a poll distributed by the Summer News, all the respondents voiced approval of their courses, far higher percentage than Confidential Guide polls reveal. The small...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: A Critique of the Summer School: Despite Some Faults, it Spreads its Bit of Veritas | 9/24/1958 | See Source »

...Bagnoli, who saw a good deal of service last year, will open the season in goal unless his injured leg keeps him out of action. If Bagnoli cannot start, Munro plans to use Bob Forbush, a sophomore who has looked very good in practice this year. As Munro himself commented, the goal should be one of the team's strongest positions...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Injuries Cloud Soccer Team Predictions; Coach Munro Must Rebuild 'Dark Horse' | 9/24/1958 | See Source »

...Shakespeare is not a national possession; he belongs to the whole world. Six years ago Canada founded its own Shakespeare Festival at Stratford, Ontario. And four years ago the United States saw the start of its own annual Stratford Festival. We often do things with amazing speed in this country, and these four short years have enabled Stratford-on-Housatonic to raise its head high among the other Stratfords...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stratford, Connecticut; the Future of American Shakespearean Productions | 9/24/1958 | See Source »

Hobby Into Career. The prospect of such spectacular savings in flight training was what spurred Ed Link to invent his first trainer more than 30 years ago while working in his father's piano-and-organ factory in Binghamton, N.Y. Link, whose hobby was flying, saw the need for a training device that would prepare flyers for flying before they had to take a real plane into the air. He and his brother George put together a plane-like gadget, offered to train all comers to fly at $85 a head (v. $25 to $50 per hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Busiest Link | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

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