Word: scholar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...player commented that he missed the fan-fare he had expected on arrival and felt neglected until practice on Monday. While a prosaic southerner who expected to be beaten and scalped in the high tradition of southern universities found he could go to his room unmolested. And an independent scholar noted the air of partial aloofness, "a considerable and soothing reserve, a refreshing forbearance from prying into the affairs of others...
Citation: "World famous political scientist, anthropologist and educator; keen scholar . . . loyal representative of this nation as principal director, department of trusteeship, the United Nations . . . People are his chief concern, and nations are his classroom...
...Scholar Must Be Free...
...idea that a scholar must be free to follow his own hunches in pursuing his special studies is not the whim of some modern educator," he said. "It is not primarily a question of 'freedom'. A scholar or scientist has an obligation to investigate and report new ideas in his field, even when his conclusions may be unpopular among the general public or among his own colleagues," Pusey declared...
...scholar is often a challenging, lonely journey. He usually works alone without much attention or encouragement from others. But it is of the greatest importance that he know--have unequivocal assurance--that whatever he finds and reports . . . will not penalize him as a man. If he sees men around him dismissed from their positions for less than the most serious reasons, because of popular clamor, or on anything less than the most solid proof, it would not be surprising if he were then to shirk his own basic responsibility in the field of learning to press...