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Clark was an erudite man. The 24-year-old was born in Rome and spoke Italian, German and French fluently. At Wesleyan College he was Phi Beta Kappa and during World War I he served as a special agent in the U.S. Dept. of Justice. He received a masters’ degree in Philosophy at Harvard in 1918 and was in the third year of his Ph.D. program when he was summoned before The Court. Altogether, Clark taught about 100 students in his sections...
...Harvard should change its policy to allow students to draw with chalk in front of the Science Center and Annenberg—where many groups presently announce shows, events or club meetings with posters and tape on the ground. Chalk advertisements have been very effective at other schools, including Wesleyan University, and would be more colorful, be cheaper for the student groups, create less garbage and be easier to clean—a little water washes the chalk away...
What makes a college admissions officer say yes to one applicant and no to the next? To answer that question, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg spent a year observing the selection process at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. The result is his new book, The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College (Viking). Steinberg talks with TIME about the dos and don'ts of getting kids into the school of their choice...
WHAT'S THE SILLIEST APPLICATION STUNT YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF? Someone sent a life-size doll to Wesleyan. Students really need to keep in mind that in almost every instance the bottom-line question is, Can this student do the work at this institution...
Grace Anderson-Smith, 22, is seeing his point. After graduating with a B.A. in economics from Wesleyan in May 2001, she has yet to find permanent work but is holding out hope that she won't have to settle for a dead-end job. She is still campaigning hard for something in marketing but is open to other options. "I've done everything you're supposed to do," she says. "I went to a good school, got good grades, played a sport, did a four-year internship and have been networking like crazy." After sending out more than 100 resumes...