Word: tending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Without Scholars -April 14] makes many pungent comments on education with which I agree, but I deplore his dismissing school boards as "frequently too secretive" and suggesting "citizens' grand juries." Such groups can be pernicious, since they pass judgment without carrying any responsibility. Also, having no authority, they tend to aimlessness...
...original society only slightly. From a small group of seniors, it has grown into a sizeable organization based about a group of about sixty undergraduates. There is now a large initiation fee of $100--waived if a student is elected who cannot afford to pay it. These dues, however, tend to exclude potential members who cannot afford the luxury of such a Society. The famous "Pudding clause", barring Pudding members from the Society, was dropped sixteen years after the Signet was formed...
...What we don't know is what causes a person to be emotionally constricted, and unable to ask for help. We know that the private school boys tend to be more emotionally constricted. These people never really become American Legion types, but they do greatly improve. We also know that the acting-out types tend to get fired from college, but we do not know what causes a person to be unable to ask for help. Most Harvard men are so articulate, that when they bleed, they bleed all over. The average Harvard neurotic seeks help from...
...given freshmen about leaving is not quite so encouraging as that to upperclassmen. F. Skiddy von Stade, Dean of Freshmen, defines the role of his office: "In the first few weeks of the freshman year we encourage them to give college a try; as the year goes on we tend to be more and more lenient. However, if they get along until December or April, we try to urge them to salvage their term." The problem in the freshman year, however, is not particularly great. Only about twenty-five freshmen voluntarily withdraw each year...
...facts about Negro crime, the "conspiracy of concealment" helps blur the causes of it. Negro leaders themselves often put forward explanations that are oversimple. Some hold that Negro crime is largely the result of migrations from the South: in the unfamiliar environment of the North, the argument runs, Negroes tend to be more crime-prone, just like white immigrants from abroad. But in fact, some studies have shown that, contrary to popular conviction, crime rates among foreign-born whites were lower than among U.S.-born whites...