Word: scholasticism
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The day has passed, if ever it was so, when a college was simply a place for learning the intricacies of higher mathematics, Latin, Greek, or science. College is preparation for living, and to be successful it must make use of many devices other than academic courses. Sports, publications, extra...
Normally, Spain would be the neutral center of activities during the quadricentennial celebration, but the abrogation of scholastic freedom under the France regime has caused the world to turn elsewhere for a keynote to the anniversary.
If the redoubtable Ike can breathe a little life into scholastic sterility; if he can stem the move toward a return to status-quo "education" (a kind of education for death); if he can further the idea of education for service to humanity: then more power to him, and scallions...
The dearth of other interests leaves academics as almost the sole outlet--with the exception of what is likely to be a heavy social schedule--for collegiate energy. If the past two terms have been characterized by an "unhealthy emphasis" on grades, the present term may well produce an even...
The student body, too, has been under scrutiny. The veteran majority has worked hard and played hard. On the surface it has been calm, but underneath there has been an unusually tense competition for scholastic honors. While there has been little of the goldfish-swallowing type of revelry, interest in...