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Jones particularity directed his fire at the examination given all English students at the end of elementary school, usually at the age of 11, which determines who will be permitted to enter a state-run grammar school, and thus have a chance to reach college. The selection system, Jones asserted, sorts out the nation's youth unfairly and undemocratically. He urged the institution of the American "comprehensive" high school as the only long-range solution to the problem of fragmented secondary education...
...fifth biggest private university, is its poverty. Crowded onto a 78-acre Los Angeles campus, U.S.C. has an endowment of only $8,300,000. Incomparably richer is northern California's Stanford University, which has only 8,786 students and a $98 million endowment. Incomparably better is the state-run University of California at Los Angeles, which has stiffer academic standards and higher faculty salaries. To U.S.C. remains the past glory of nine Rose Bowl triumphs,* which the school went broke achieving, and the dubious honor (snapped one professor) "of having a sweaty jersey as the university symbol...
...arms against the Algerian rebels. Le Grand Charles decreed punishment rare in any country calling itself a democracy. Government employees who signed or support the petition, such as teachers, face suspension at one-third pay; actors and directors were forbidden employment in French radio and television or in state-run or state-subsidized theaters and films. Minister of Culture Andre Malraux (whose daughter and divorced wife were among the signers) was ordered to draft a bill denying state financial aid to any artist who signed the manifesto...
...Into the state education code, said the commission, should go a stiff three-R curriculum. For the first grade: reading taught by phonics, writing with spelling (now often delayed until third grade), arithmetic emphasizing basic principles. Science and foreign languages should begin no later than sixth grade. From elementary grades on, statewide tests should check on each school's progress. To jolt high schools, state-run colleges should report on freshmen performances-and school boards should publish the results...
...YORK-MOSCOW FLIGHTS by Pan American and Russia's state-run Aeroflot stand a good chance of approval in the near future. Reds have apparently been waiting until they had enough TU-114 turboprop transports for a regular schedule...