Word: statement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This is indeed a happy thought. Let it be said that such a statement, however nobly conceived, is merely a reflection of ignorance; no one can get very far in "one or two afternoons." He must work for months, years, to perfect the difficult techniques involved in tennis and squash. The report might as well have said that one or tow lessons with a good piano teacher will make musicians...
...statement from Wolff came as a telegram suggesting that the CRIMSON consider the "herding' practice of some schools. Simultaneously Cramer gave the following defense to the Metropolitan papers anonymously...
Wolff retaliated by condemning "tutoring schools herding people into obscure snap courses." This statement follows a tip he gave to the CRIMSON last February, when he pointed out that students, prompted by Parker-Cramer, take Chinese 10, History 13, and Geography...
...Tutoring schools have grown out of their proper place and are a corrosive influence on Harvard's educational standards." The Student Council was pulling its punches when it made this statement two years ago. The same thing should have been shouted in four-letter monosyllables. Once upon a time, tutoring was understood to be a type of legitimate aid, granted to help a slow but honest student. Now, at Harvard, it is defined as a method of passing courses without working, without thinking, without learning...
...press, Minister Konitza made the following statement: "The Italians have many admirable qualities and are a great nation, but God Almighty, in His inscrutable design, has deprived them of all sense of chivalry. Just when our Queen gave birth to a child, the Italians dealt this blow...