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...good. But what does the CRIMSON offer as a solution for the unfortunate state of affairs? The bane of the system, evidently, is the examination, "the blighting influence" of which "atrophies all attempts to introduce training beyond the strict limits of requirements." But apparently the comprehensive English examination as conducted under the so-called. New Plan affords "a reliable indication of success at college." Would it not be ample, the Harvard paper asks, for a university to require that each student take the scholastic aptitude test and the comprehensive English examination, and peruse the applicant's school record...
...talk to each other at any time after roll-call, whether in kitchen or dining-room. They must never address a word of ordinary conversation to an acquaintance whom they see in the dining-hall, and even a wary glance of recognition is frowned upon. They must stand at strict attention whenever not actually engaged in serving or carrying off dishes. Any departure from the set regulations brings sharp rebuke from the waitress "captains"--grim females who roam the floor constantly searching for any sign of relaxation or happiness, and pounce with undisguised delight upon offenders. At breakfast the waiters...
...whole program of study in the preparatory school is arranged with the goal of College Board Examinations in view. The blighting influence of this goal atrophies all attempts to introduce training beyond the strict limits of requirements. When the competence of a teacher is judged by his pupils' success in the examinations, he can hardly afford to squander time on material not included in the College Board syllabus. Thus, instead of education, the whole apparatus of cramming flourishes. Instructors find outlines of the questions in their subject for the past ten, fifteen, or twenty-five years more useful than treatises...
...nature-loving W. H. Hudson he says: "The only living creatures he hated were full-feeders, publishers, stoats, weasels, and ferrets." George Moore's "was not a generous mind, but though full of treacheries to friendship it was unwavering in strict loyalty to itself." Katherine Mansfield, "a charming, pathetic figure," had a talent that was "not . . . robust . . . and it was overweighted by an impulsive admiration for the tales of Tchehov." To his much-maligned friend Hugh Walpole he gives the Swinnertonian accolade of "professional novelist." Bertrand Russell's cold logic irritates Swinnerton who says: "The suggestion that...
...apparent that the New Deal would probably last six years did a general stampede begin for positions in the Roosevelt lineup. And not until last week did the U.S. Chamber of Commerce turn out for scrimmage. Indeed, the Chamber's directors had no intention whatever of going into strict New Deal training when they assembled in Washington for a purely routine meeting. They merely saw a fine chance to get in the game, and, much to the astonishment of less lively Chambermen, they grabbed...