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...prevailing education, he held, was "glutted with words," crammed with names and numbers learned by rote, whether children understood what they meant or not. "There are two ways of instructing," Pestalozzi said. "Either we go from words to things, or from things to words." Pestalozzi started with things...
Some of these played far below their customary levels, and therein lies the story the West victory. Donan, literally a defensive giant for the Tigers, was badly crippled and trapped by the West line. Kyle Rote gained many of his 130 yards through and around Donan's position...
...looked from the stands us though the East players were having trouble asking together, a common failing in all-star games. The West built an attack asking together, a common failing in all star games. The West built an attack using Rote's drive and Nagle's arm; its line out charged the East on every play. The West deserved the games as clearly as the Shirine Hospital deserved the proceeds...
...polish and invigorate the mind-to make it used to thinking and acting for itself, and to imbue it with a love for knowledge." Unfortunately, Walt Whitman noted sadly, the minds of too many students were more stunted than nourished by the sort of "rule and rote" he had seen: too often, said he, "the windows have not been thrown open, and all lies hushed and dark...
...Kyle Rote 195 6'0" S.M.U...