Word: methods
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...question in politics is whether such popularity can be transferred, and how to go about it. The President's method was to lure independent and Democratic voters with an above-the-battle appeal that nonetheless made clear what side of the battle Ike was really on. Last week's trip was Ike's idea alone: yet the itinerary and the themes of his major speeches were carefully cleared and approved by Nixon's campaign managers...
Instead of liberating young minds, argues Educator Hansen. this method often imprisons them. When science is cloaked in a "home unit," it may get stuck at the doorbell-and never reach the principles of electricity. Says Hansen: "One is inclined to be interested in what one knows. Children want still more of the American Indian because that is what they know. This is not helping them to learn...
...honesty and decency." The President of the Executive Committee accused the staff of perpetuating an "in-bred philosophy," and the committee started publishing the paper and deciding editorial policy. Censorship is the usual way to force editorial changes, but the Student Government employed instead a do-it-yourself method. Neither device is a particularly effective means of ensuring journalistic responsibility...
Slack does not claim, of course, to have found a panecea for juvenile delinquency. "I'm not a crusader or 'mad scientist' saying that I have all the answers," Slack emphasizes. "However, I do believe that we have found one possible answer." He readily admits that a better method may be discovered in the near future. For the present, however, the experimenter-subject approach appears to offer the greatest hope in curbing juvenile crime...
...layman to do a job cheaper than a professional, it would hire the layman every time," Slack stated. "This laboratory is not pure science, it is practical." In short, the program does not require a psychiatrist to psychoanalyze and treat each delinquent. Though Slack admits the effectiveness of this method in those cases where the cooperation of the youth can be obtained, he confidently believes that the employer-employee relationship will produce the same results in a greater number of cases and at less costs. Further, because trained professionals are not required, details of Streetcorner Research can be learned...