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...these times of paucity of respect for the past, let us not tamper with the grassy slopes that extend out toward the crass commercialism of Slough . . . If the first Duke of Wellington did not say this in so many words, then one of his post-cedents should have. HARRY HESS New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 17, 1951 | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

...when it convenes Oct. 9, will be asked to authorize the federal government to go ahead with the navigation project (cost: $500 million), while New York and Ontario develop the power (cost: $330 million). There is one possible hitch under a 1909 treaty: neither the U.S. nor Canada may tamper with St. Lawrence water levels without the other's O.K. Thus far, no serious opposition to an all-Canadian seaway has developed in Washington, but Canadians have learned to keep fingers crossed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Seaway Shelved Again | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

...hand'...teachers hesitate to teach their students how to choose among opinions, and hesitate themselves to choose." They are reluctant "to be explicit on questions of value. Social 'science' no longer embraces knowledge of the good. Values are left to personal 'attitudes,' and to tamper with these is to expose the teacher to the charge of...'indoctrination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Art of Decision | 7/30/1951 | See Source »

...Balance in the College" does not mean a student body of "all-around boys." As Dean Bender points out, it is not the mission of Harvard College to educate a vast horde of C-minus "good citizens." Bender and others realize that Harvard is too important an institution to tamper with. "Superior academic intelligence is still our primary concern," Bender emphasizes...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet and Bayley F. Mason, S | Title: Intense Ivy Rivalry for 'Elite' of Applicants Puts Harvard Eyes on Nation-wide Promotion | 6/21/1951 | See Source »

...Balance in the College" does not mean a student body of "all-around boys." As Dean Bender points out, it is not the mission of Harvard College to educate a vast horde of C-"good citizens." Bender and others realize that Harvard is too important an institution to tamper with. "Superior academic intelligence is still our primary concern," Bender emphasizes...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet and Bayley F. Mason, S | Title: Intense Ivy Rivalry for 'Elite' of Applicants Puts Harvard Eyes on Nation-Wide Promotion | 6/9/1951 | See Source »

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