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...There will be nothing 'progressive' about it," says Buckley. The school will teach English, Latin, French, German (or Spanish), English and American literature, music (including compulsory piano) and botany. Students will get religious instruction according to their faiths. But aside from these subjects, it will also teach a number of "principles" that will "safeguard [the children] against contamination by the theories of so-called 'liberalism' . . . Teachers seem to be bent on creating a society where they will not have to face competition and will be the wards of the State." Among Buckley's principles...
...loves you and wants to be your friend." Pastor Shedd, 41, recommends that his fat readers pray God to show them to themselves as they really are, to show them what he wants them to be, and to show them why they eat too much. "Teach me to face my hidden self," he prayed. "Open the windows of my subconscious closets and let in your clean...
Another thing to pray for is to like exercise, advises Shedd, and gives readers ten exercises to like. He himself found them most effective when performed in cadence to scriptural quotations ("It will not only tune you in to God, but it will automatically teach you verses of Scripture"). Sample exercise...
Pure Heart. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born in Yugoslavia, of Albanian parents, 47 years ago. At 18 she went to Ireland to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and six weeks after being admitted, set sail for India to teach in the order's schools and convents there. After 20 years of teaching, she asked permission to work among Calcutta's poor...
After receiving in 1925 the first Doctor of Philosophy degree ever granted at Radcliffe, Mrs. Gaposchkin remained at the Observatory to do research and teach. She became Phillips Astronomer in 1938. Last year she received an honorary A.M. degree from the University. On becoming a Harvard "alumnus," Mrs. Gasopschkin reportedly commented, "Maybe I should join the Harvard Club...