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...amusement, I sometimes put everyday writing into basic...
...suggestion to TIME readers: take up the indoor amusement of putting into basic the political talks of your Washington representatives. It's harder than crosswords, but much more interesting...
Coordinating all the complex procedures and problems, especially of G-1 (Personnel) and G-4 (Supply), where U.S. and British methods differ most widely, is Chief Administrative Officer Lieut. General Sir Humfrey Gale. His pet project: a standard ration for British and U.S. Armies which will provide the same basic foods, yet satisfy the more violent national tastes (tea for Tommies, coffee for Yanks...
Progressive education was enjoying a boost last week from the ranks of its professional enemies-the Essentialists. Widely known are the aims of the Progressives: informal learning through active experience; the development of initiative, responsibility and the mastery of basic subjects by encouraging pupils as individuals, with teachers acting more as guides than as formal instructors. Less familiar is Essentialism, although hosts of U.S. citizens lean toward the Essentialists. This educational wing would give pupils systematic training in traditional subjects; discipline is stressed and informal learning strictly subordinated...
...enlarging the simple and practical idea of local police protection to a worldwide scale? Is it a simple matter to convert the idea of a police force with squad cars and motorcycles into the idea of a police force with battleships and bombers? Actually mankind has been pondering the basic problem for a long time and knows a great deal about it both in principle and practice...