Word: thread
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is," wrote Smith, "one thread that shines through all the fabric of current criticism: discontent with the schools of education and the teachers' colleges ... [which] now completely dominate public education . . . The critics claim that under the aegis of these institutions . . . common standards of learning are being abandoned, the standards being adjusted to the supposed interests and abilities of the students; that discipline, in the sense of both control of conduct and the process of directed training, is frowned upon as coercive and damaging to the personalities of students. In short, the critics say that under the impact...
...sewers, from a child's model sewing machine (three Ibs.) to a giant industrial machine (2,526 lbs.), designs them to do everything from sewing up sausage casings to finishing casket linings. Latest gadget: a seamer that binds plastics together with an electric current instead of a needle & thread. Most of Singer's output is still in home sewing machines (most popular U.S. model: the "Featherweight Portable," priced...
...insidious line of thought. "There will be an awful day of judgment for us if all we do now is to put the label 'knave' on those of our contemporaries who are responsible for the present state of affairs, and refuse to recognize that there is a thread of continuity throughout...
...Greater Loyalty. Where can man look for a sword to cut the thread? Only, says Berggrav, in that which marks the difference between, a people and a mob-the conscience, where speaks the voice of God. Only insofar as Christians recognize a loyalty greater than their loyalty to the state "can law and freedom, realities which the state is supposed to protect, continue to exist...
...times for senior week ticket sales have been changed to 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Robert P. Hyde '51, chairman of the Class Day committee, announced last night. The tickets are now on sale in the Lamont foyer; they cover the Senior thread, Moonlight Sail, and other Commencement week activities...