Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cambridge School Committees. The Newton board is composed of specimens of the highest intelligence in the city; the Cambridge board--with a few notable exceptions is representative of the less intelligent portion of the city. Both these groups are quasi-cliques; but the Newton committee has the full support of the community while the Cambridge board generally manages to create a rift with each important move it makes: the educated, PTA-supporting citizens on one side; the less well educated, anti-PTA citizens on the other...
...would be nice, of course, if public schools were well enough staffed so that they could operate responsibly on their own with about as much parental interference as the Overseers exert at Harvard. But they are not, and, since parents are their sole support, they do have a right to take a strong interest in the way in which they are being run. The belief in equality of and for all held so strongly by so many in the United States, increases the interest of parents in schools: "I know as much about my child's needs...
...this appears like little more than a listing of support for George Bernard Shaw's famous dictum, "Nothing is ever done unless people will be killed if it is not done." Unfortunately this is to a large extent true. The current reevaluation of the American school system, such as it is, is attributable mainly to the fear of Russian military power...
...CRIMSON, undoubtedly heartened by this display for lawlessness, conducted a poll in conjunction with fourteen other colleges; results showed that out of 24,000 votes, 15,000 of American college youth were willing to lose their reputation for virtue in order to support repeal or modification of the liquor laws. Pennsylvania, however, was the exception to the rule, and the Quakers registered a majority dry vote. Princeton, naturally enough, had the wettest vote. Over 79 per cent of the Tigers admitted that they drank...
Besides encouraging greater alumni participation and soliciting these multi-million dollar gifts, corporations and foundations will be asked to contribute to the Program in its stretch drive. Parents of students and other individuals not directly affiliated with the University will also be asked for their support...