Word: schemings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From the beginning he ruled out lecturing-a spoon-feeding system of teaching, he thought, which "was probably the worst scheme ever devised for imparting knowledge." The "quiz or recitation system," thought Holt, was little better. His own prescription: instead of ordinary classes, constant informal conferences, at which teachers and students could think and talk together...
...camp. Parkson and ten others had a tunnel built through which they planned to escape. Frank Enley (Heflin) tried to persuade them not to attempt it but when they defied him Enley went to the Nazis, who agreed to leniency in view of the fact that Enley reported the scheme. The Nazis weren't lenient. Parkson was the only one who lived, and in "Act of Violence" he is out to "get" Enley...
...Josiah Holbrook of Connecticut had no notion at first that his scheme would catch on as it did. Back in 1826, he and his friends were only a handful, but they were serious about the idea that the nation's new common schools belonged to the public and that the public should be concerned to make them better. They organized the American Lyceum to help set standards, soon had members all over the U.S. For more than a decade these members made speeches, wrote articles, held public meetings. They got results: better training for teachers, the formation of state...
...government and a united Germany. This cry of "union" has, of course, a tremendous influence on all Germans. The West cannot ignore that cry. But while we must strive to reach a settlement on unifying Germany, we must also resolve to see that democratic safeguards are included in any scheme, so that elections cannot be rigged, and the rights of all factions will be protected. Also, if the Four Powers can agree on a central government, that government must be strictly limited in powers...
Dean Mildred P. Sherman last night outlined Radcliffe's work program for next year at a compulsory meeting of Cabot, Whitman, and Eliot Hall residents in the Cabot Hall living room. The remaining dorms and affiliated houses will hear about the scheme at 7 p.m. tonight in the Cabot living room...