Word: counterweight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these respects the announced policy is admirable in its promise. The provision excepting students of high examination average from the operation of the selective system is an essential and adequate counterweight thereto, and ought, of course, to be permanent. It does not appear to be a discreet entering wedge in a more thoroughgoing selective policy...