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...floor of the U.S. Senate last week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), a shy, round-faced man in the press gallery hurriedly placed a long-distance call. His party was 3,300 miles away: the daily News-Miner in Fairbanks, Alaska. In his flat monotone, Publisher Charles Willis ("Bill") Snedden pridefully described his tory in the making to Managing Editor George Sundborg...
...this young lawyer in Fairbanks. Just 37 at the time. He never applied for the job. The more I saw him, the more I knew I was going to recommend him." Steering Mike Stepovich from behind were two powerful Republicans: Territorial Senator Butrovich and Fairbanks Publisher (News-Miner) Bill Snedden...
...summary: HARVARD 1937 B.U. 1937 White, Boning, r.f. r.f., Snedden Moser, Boning, Stephenson, l.f. l.f., Luiz, Murphy Gray, Field, c. c., Sullivan, Skoler, Rabinowitz Gibson, Monroe, Witherspoon, r.g. r.g., Maddocks Mason, Monroe, Lewis, Shuler, l.g. l.g., Nathan...
That children should be sent to school -nursery school or kindergarten-as early as the fourth or fifth year, is a theory held by many U. S. educators. Dissent came last week from Dr. David Snedden, professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University. The ninth or tenth year, said he, is soon enough, save for children from economically and socially unsuitable homes. For children on farms, in villages and suburbs, in all but the largest cities, there is environment favorable to natural, wholesome growth. Let such children play until they are 10; intellectual and social development can come later...
...danger is, however, that in attempting to avoid this evil by relying on the preparatory school to provide a sound background without the scourge of the College Boards, the matter of the varying quality of the various secondary schools is neglected. And in addition to this, under Dr. Snedden's plan the requirements of individual colleges are given no consideration. The result of this would be that the college instead of the preparatory school would be forced to confine itself to stereotyped education. But Dr. Snedden is obviously looking forward to the time when the preparatory school can and will...