Word: specialist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Burros, the Times story made clear, had spent a frustrated youth. He told Phillips that he had been "disgusted with left-wing kids in school." He had been turned down by West Point, joined the Army, was sent to paratroop school, rose to the rank of specialist third class and served a stint under General Edwin A. Walker, a "man of destiny." Later he joined one extremist group after another: the American Nazi Party, the National Renaissance Party and the Klan. He was arrested in Washington for defacing a Jewish building, and he served two years in jail...
...ends, Yovicsin started the year with Dan Calderwood, who had one reception to his credit in 1964. and Maury Dullea. who was deprived of even JV training last year because of his value to the varsity as a kicking specialist. Since then, Yovicsin has experimented with sophomores Carter Lord, who missed the first month of practices with an injury, and Joe Cook, who was not even listed on the pre-season roster...
...basis of Moise's amendment is his belief that Gen Ed has brought nothing to the College but "introductory courses for nonspecialists" and that a student examining a field outside his major should "study it as if he were studying it for keeps"-that is, as a specialist...
...General Education program originally superseded a distribution scheme dictated by just this kind of logic. The Faculty apparently felt then that a Harvard education should impart more than a specialist's insights, that a student should be asked to step back from departmental studies and examine a broad area of knowledge from an interdepartmental viewpoint. Much of the Redbook philosophy has since been called into question, but the value of good General Education courses seems as great today as it did then. The Faculty reaffirmed the Gen Ed requirement by a two-on-one vote last spring and we hope...
...everyone's amazement, the Tigers' strong point this season has been their offense, and the key to their offensive success has been tailback Ron Landeck. A defensive specialist for two years. Landeck this season has run for 613 yards, scored six touchdowns, and passed for 679 yards. He has thrown eleven touchdown passes--all in Ivy play--setting a new League record with three games...