Word: scholar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...student who wishes help or advice in his studied is invited to patronize the Bureau. The applicant will be assigned to an adviser, who, either through membership in Phi Beta Kappa or as the holder of a first or second-group scholarship, has shown marked ability as a scholar. The applicant will meet with the adviser, who will assist him in planning his work, systematizing his habits of study, and aiding him in any way possible. The aim of he adviser is to point out better methods of study rather than to give out direct...
...Early specialization by the student is another need, both to avoid wasted time and energy and to promote interest in his work. The talk about college entrance requirements developing a many-sided scholar is absolutely tommyrot, as any honest schoolmaster will tell...
...fact that American schools do not turn out nearly as many true scholars as the great public schools of England must be squarely faced. To remedy this, I advocate the English system, which is the separation of the students into two classes, the brilliant and the average. By doing this, and by teaching each man according to his ability, the whole student body would learn more and the intellectual scholar would not be sacrificed to the average...
...schoolmaster is absolutely honest, he will acknowledge that, in most cases, all his efforts, are directed to the purpose of placing his boys in their prospective colleges, free of all conditions. Hampered, firstly, by tradition, and secondly, by this bugbear, it is almost impossible to produce a real scholar...