Word: scholasticism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
TenBroek was blinded at the are of 7 when an arrow shot by a playmate penetrated his eye. The accident did not deter him from a scholastic and legal career in which he has won high honors.
The position of the Master is not an enviable one. He must interview a large group of men in a very short time, and make a selection, based not on a simple criterion such as scholastic standing, which, as the editorial admits, would be unfair, but rather on a large...
Although the Freshman protest against the House selections may be quite justifiable, the complaining group is mistaken in tracing the source of the trouble in the admissions system "per sc." The cross-section and merit principles upon which this system is based are not incompatible. For, contrary to Freshman claims...
There can be little doubt that at present the House Masters are abusing their rights of selection by placing undue emphasis upon the cross-section principle, occasionally for the purposes of discrimination. When several Freshmen conditionally gain admittance to Houses, while two of the most prominent men in the class...
The Yardlings will be without the services of Ed Reddy valuable pitcher and alternate left-fielder, who has been benched by scholastic difficulties.