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...music. Another great evil to which our attempts at standardization of education has led is that we feel that "to ascend Parnassus one must first tunnel under its base. No more vicious educational fallacy than this was ever uttered": Dr. Davison continues, "the way to right is never through wrong." The way to teach the value of good music is not to teach bad music first. In the teaching of literature today, we do not start the pupil on something he understands, such as a story from one of our popular children's magazines. We start at once with...
...words, of problems in design and in construction. The student works on this and learns not to wander too far from the truth, but he is never told exactly what he must do. He learns by trial and error. Naturally, at the earlier stage of his training, he is wrong most of the time, and for this reason is likely to become pessimistic rather than the reverse...
...Proposals. Mr. Gibson's speech was couched in general terms prudently chosen to convey his meaning without rubbing Continental sensibilities the wrong way. He keynoted the Administration's disarmament policy on four points...
...stop all this speechmaking! Let's get on with the dance! . . . I'm too full for utterance . . . but there's one thing I'd like to say. It is a trifle strong; illustrating what is wrong with your country. Before I tell it, any ladies not feeling very strong had best come and have some, er, ginger...
...popular sympathy is built up for the chief actors of the drama. The newspaper reader, knowing Mr. Carroll's intimate life as well as he does himself, can not avoid some semblance of pity for his plight. Bathtubs are such an integral part of existence that one rarely associates wrong-doing with their shiny enamel. Indeed young America is apt to consider a tub synonymous with parental urging to a goodly scrubbing. Perjury regarding neck and cars is a common crime often condoned...