Word: scholasticism
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At school Fred was a scrawny-looking boy who soon became a good and serious student. He went to tiny Centre College at Danville on a fellowship, earned his way by working in the 'college library, got his A.B. and his law degree with marks that brought him many...
Last fall Mikkola entertained hopes of having his "big three" combination of Pete Harwood, Dave Murray, and Jeff Tootell around for spring competition. But Murray (holder of national inter-collegiate javelin crown) has been transferred to Midshipmen School, while Tootell (who entered College last November after copping the national scholastic...
Possibly because of his hard scholastic struggles at West Point, Simpson is now known as a "book general"-in the sense that he insists on a complete understanding of basic principles before experiments and innovations are embarked on.
Golfers always love the world after a well-played 18 holes, generally want to "do something" for their caddies. At this philanthropic game, none has done so soundly and sensibly by the caddies as Charles ("Chick") Evans Jr., the ex-caddy who won the 1916 U.S. Open and Amateur championships...
Jackie Cooper, whose last film (Where Are Your Children?) dealt with juvenile delinquency, acquitted last month of contributing to the delinquency of two teen-aged girls, was "washed out" as a V12 naval trainee at the University of Notre Dame because of scholastic deficiency, got transferred to the Great Lakes...