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...student. In an exam, the educator can prove that his course was a venture in teaching, or that it was devoid of all content save rote memorization; that the reading offered perspective as well as raw data; that the lectures were designed to teach rather than merely to reflect the teacher's personal intellectual abilities. Conversely, the exams may simply demonstrate that the lecturer had nothing better to do than read formulas and dates and imply that the only use of the student's learning is that it can be regurgitated upon command...
...that afternoon, Karandas Chandrakrishma, Instructor in Indian Studies, emerged from his office in Weld Hall and paused teetering on the steps of that noble pile to button his raincoat. It was an action which caused in him a troble grief. First, because it gave him time to reflect, as he always did, that the University had given Ali Ahmed, graduate student in Indian Studies, an office in Boyiston Hall, and him, Chadrakrisha himself, only a garret in Weld. Second, because it reminded him that he was wearing a cheap American raincoat. Finally, because it urged upon his flickering consciousness...
...South Africa's Gary Player) among the pros. But though he has been a short-priced favorite to win every event he has entered, he has yet to score a victory in 13 starts. In Burneyville, Okla., for the $20,000 Waco Turner Open last week, he could reflect on some harsh differences between the pro and the amateur game, and on the problems of moving into a man's world...
...point out that deficits in the administrative budget nonetheless have a damaging psychological effect-especially abroad. Says Columbia University's Professor Raymond J. Saulnier, former chairman of Dwight Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers: "Deficits tend to undermine confidence in the value of the dollar, which can reflect itself in disinvestment in U.S. capital and in a gold outflow." As if to underscore the point, the Federal Reserve reported that the U.S. last week lost $40 million in gold, reducing the nation's reserves to $16.5 billion-the lowest level since August...
...expansive warmth and enthusiasm of Maurice Eisenberg reflect his conception of the real function of music. Mr. Eisenberg does not talk in terms of form or period--these he calls only the "vocabulary" of music--, nor does he dwell on esthetic doctrine. His concern is for the expressive power of the art which he describes radiantly as "the most potent means of communication between...