Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...representatives, Arthur F. Blanchard 04 and Van Ness H. Bates '19 introduced a bill for the thorough investigation of Harvard which they claimed was wholly under the thumb of big business interests. The bill died a quick death in committee...
Catherine Drinker Bowen's John Adams and the American Revolution, a thorough, vivaciously readable fictional biography of "Old Sink or Swim," polishes up lackluster John to his proper historical brightness. The result is a handsome illumination of the first 40 years of John's life, which were both the most exciting and the least known...
...student's life. In large, impersonal courses, exams alone determine grades; these grades are crucial for honor degrees and admission to graduate schools. As long as marks have such an important role, professors and instructors who correct exams cannot let their boredom with their work interfere with a thorough job on the bluebooks...
...four-man committee appointed by the Student Council will begin a thorough study of the varsity club dispute today. In the resolution which created the committee, D. Broward Craig '50, its author, said "it is felt that a new varsity club is a luxury not warranted at this time in the face of many more pressing needs in the University...
Despite his thorough background in teaching and school administration, Adams knew he would find that following George Zook was no easy job. Since 1934, Zook had seen that omnibus organization grow from 269 to 1,093 member groups, representing most of the important U.S. public-school systems, private and state-supported colleges and universities, and education societies. Under Zook, the council also became a strong bridge between U.S. educational institutions and the U.S. Government, had one of the most respected independent voices in all U.S. education policymaking. Two measures that had strong A.C.E. support: the Mead bill for G.I. student...