Word: talents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...side of a certain degree of anarchy in this matter," Bender stated. "I don't trust any system of central authority." He emphasized that at present "we don't really have satisfactory tests even in high school, and we need better ways than we have of identifying talent early--in the eighth or ninth grade...
...United States Office of Education is expected to announce this week a $1 million four-year "talent test" covering 1,400 secondary schools, as a possible pioneer step in the centralization of educational testing...
...David McCord Scholarship Fund for undergraduates with talent in the creative arts has been established as part of the Program for Harvard College...
Radcliffe may encounter some difficulty in attracting academic talent to these positions. Certainly there is no great prestige attached to being a Radcliffe dorm master or chatelaine. But clearly among the numerous couples in the area some would be acceptable, and of these a few will surely be interested. Young couples might also wish to move in as resident tutors. Radcliffe dorms could benefit from this system as much as Harvard Houses...
...Bauhaus, taught at Black Mountain College and later headed Yale's Department of Design. At 70, Albers has the granitic and yet sensitive face of a northern Dante; though recently retired, he still finds opportunities to teach. "To distribute spiritual possessions," he may say to one shy talent, "is to multiply them." To another, more flamboyant, he may murmur in passing, "Calm down. What happens happens mostly without...