Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whether they supported the present restricted policy, no tutorial at all, or a reversion to the pre-war program, the departments without exception agreed on the necessity for a student-teacher relationship which would extend beyond the mere note-taking stage...
...hours do work of tutorialClassics To Half of concentrators Favor unlimited tutorialComparative Philology No regular tutorial Tutorial help given "as an extra" in small departmentEconomics None Will reconsider tutorial next yearEngineering Sciences None Lab work sufficesEnglish Groups I, II, and III No increase plannedFar Eastern Languages Small classes provide teacher-student relationshipThe Fine Arts Questionnaire not yet receivedGeology and Geography None Tutorial not necessaryGermanic Languages Honors Seniors and as much other tutorial as possible Favor full-scale tutorialGovernment Honors Seniors, Juniors above Group IV, and Sophomores for one term Favor "full tutorial at full level permitted by faculty vote"History...
Also on the program is a very cogent and provocative "March of Time." Entitled "The Teacher's Crisis," it molds the usual facts, figures, speeches, and dramatic incidents into an unusually good documentary, portraying with unique clarity the malignant growth of trends such as the exodus of underpaid teachers from the profession and the slackening of registration in teachers' colleges. President Conant winds up the "March of Time" with a short speech, and is followed by Donald Duck, and Mickey Mouse, and Pete Smith, and at least one other comical feature. This procession of humor is overpowering: all but ardent...
...other half, namely the story, is distinguished mainly by the good taste of its omissions from the film-musical-biography formula. There is, for instance, no prophetic publisher, music teacher, wife, mother, or Monty Wooley to rasp "millions will thrill to your voice some day, Al." Instead, the gradual development of a star personality is shown, with little sentimental emphasis on either the ups or the downs. Again, although there is the usual trumped up battle between the hero's music and his wife, it is less ferocious and more human than in the Gershwin and Porter epics, and ends...
...Praise ye the Lord," sang the chorus of white & Negro children. The Lord may have heard, but the audience was busy with other praiseworthy subjects. The hum of heterogeneous good will that rose from UNESCO's well-wishers almost drowned out the song. The music teacher who had rehearsed the chorus for weeks was so angry the orchid almost popped off her black evening dress; good will created its own exasperating tensions...