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- 321: Tim Leary
- ... born on October 22, 1920, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He went to a public high school where he discovered girls and the ability to attract attention from those in authority. After high school he attended Jesuit College Holy Cross, but Tim wasnt satisfied with Holy Cross, so he took a test to get into West Point. He got very high marks and was accepted. Timothy was very enthused and proud to ... accepted to the University of Alabama where he became a psychology major. Shortly after, Tim was expelled for sleeping over at the girls dormitory. He was an A student. When he was kicked out of college he was sent to basic training in artillery at Fort Eustis Virginia. The army needed psychologists, and since Tim had already started the major they let him finish his degree in the service. He was ... Many of the parents were becoming alarmed finding out that their children, who they had enrolled in school to become the power elite, where seeing God and going to India. This put pressure on the College and in 1963 Tim and Alpert were "relieved" from their positions at Harvard. Leary and Alpert didn't think much of their dismissal and in the spring of 1962, Leary and Alpert continued their ...
- 322: The Great Gatsby: Doubleness
- ... his mind, he enrolled at the Newman School in Hackensack, New Jersey, a popular Roman Catholic school among Midwestern families. Here he was to have two years to ready himself for a good Ivy League College, preferably Princeton or Yale. Scott chose Princeton, but Princeton very nearly didn't choose him. The doubleness in Scott is beautifully illustrated by the way in which he maneuvered himself into Princeton. An avid writer ... senior year. He never did; instead, he enlisted in the army. Why? Perhaps because he wanted to be a hero, and the United States was about to make the world safe for democracy. Perhaps because college was no fun anymore. Perhaps because beautiful women love young men in uniform. Whatever the reason, Fitzgerald left Princeton in November and found himself in the summer of 1918 stationed at Camp Sheridan, outside Montgomery ... leaves. Now, halfway through the book, Nick gives us some information about who Gatsby really is. He was originally James Gatz, the son of farm people from North Dakota. He had gone to St. Olaf College in Minnesota, dropped out because the college failed to promote his romantic dreams about himself, and ended up on the south shore of Lake Superior earning room and board by digging clams and fishing ...
- 323: Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)
- ... extremely difficult; very few master it. Helen had mastered Braille, the manual alphabet and the typewriter by the age of 10. By age 16, she could speak well enough to go to prep school and college. In 1888, Helen and her teacher went to the Perkins School for the Blind, where Miss Sullivan continued to teach her. In 1894 they went on to the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York, and later to a prep school, the Cambridge School for Young Ladies. College In the fall of 1900, Helen Keller entered Radcliffe College, graduating in 1904 with a bachelor of arts degree cum laude. Anne Sullivan stayed with her, interpreting class lectures and discussions. While still at college Helen published The Story of My Life, the first ...
- 324: Comparitive Essay Between Perc
- ... said, Nothing new, no time saving devices, -simply old time glorified methods of delving the Truth, and searching the hidden beauties of life, and learning the good of living. The riddle of existence is the college curriculum that was laid before the Pharaohs, that was taught in the groves by Plato, that formed the trivium and quadrivium, and is to-day laid before the freemens s sons by Atlanta University. And ... student pursues in an education seriously, they would be able to move ahead in life and get off the beaten track predestined for them by society. Du Bois stated that, The function of the Negro college [is to provide]...the rich and bitter depth of their experience, the unknown treasures of their inner life, the strange rendings of nature they have seen, may give the world new points of view and ... in learning is lost. Percy sees that as a simple tourists characteristic. Like my parents, Du Bois suggests that education provide a successful future. The black students who have not had the chance to experience college should view education as getting off the beaten track , but slavery, and hard labor which is their daily life is the beaten track that most follow. To Percy, I am simple because some of ...
- 325: Jackie Robinson
- ... after his parents got a divorce (1). His mother took all the children and moved to Pasedena, California (1). Not long after the family moved to Pasedena, Jackie's mother enrolled him into Pasedena Junior College (Robinson, Jackie). He went on to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (1). Jackie was a standout in school sports at UCLA, he played football, baseball, basketball, and track (1). He later left college in the middle of his junior year to join the Army in 1941 (1). Four years after entering the Army Jackie was discharged because of a confrentation with another officer when he would not give ... league baseball accept African American players that otherwise would not have played. I. Early Years A. History 1. School 2. Background B.Family 1.Five Siblings 2. Son of a Share Cropper II.School A.College 1. Pasadena Junior College 2. UCLA B.School Sports 1. Baseball favorite 2. Excelled in four sports III. Baseball A.Semi Pros 1. Monarchs 2. Royals B. Pros 1. LA Dodgers 2. Retirement IV. ...
- 326: Kaffir Boy
- ... protagonist has to overcome. The first of his problems was to get through school in his poor South African ghetto. The second was to achieve his goal and receive a tennis scholarship to an American college. Mark s father is one of the major antagonist, he was opposed anything to do with Mark getting an education in a school. He was a very traditional man and he didn t like anything ... up successfully making it through school and ending up being one of the top in his class. The second major conflict in the book was that Mark wanted to get a scholarship to an American college. Mark first started playing tennis in the ghetto and became the best player in Alexandria. He practiced at a ranch that he found where he made friends with the owner of the tennis ranch. This ... life because he met a famous American tennis star which helped his apply to many American colleges. Through Mark s own inner strength and self determination he achieves his goal and he received a full college scholarship to an American college.
- 327: Thomas Jefferson
- ... his surrounding environment out in the west where he also absorbed the democratic views of his Western countrymen. For several years, Jefferson studied at the local grammar and classical schools. After that, he entered the College of William and Mary in the year 1760. During his time at the college, he had become a close friend to three prominent residents of Williamsburg: William Small, George Wythe, and Francis Fauquier who was the lieutenant governor of the colony. Small was of the college faculty who Jefferson had studied under. Small had an in depth knowledge of the Scottish Englightenment and its approach to law, history, philosophy, and science. He had also introduced him to the natural sciences ...
- 328: Act Of Courage (jim Abbott)
- ... had so much courage (Hinkins). Because of all of this, Jim became a star. Right out of high school he was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. Abbot turned down the offer and decided that college must come first. He attended the University of Michigan; to him he was merely postponing one ambition so he could achieve another (Jennings 35-36). As soon as he entered college the media bombarded him. Within weeks he was a guest on the Phil Donahue Show. Newspaper stories called Jim an example to other kids with one hand or arm, but he did not feel inspirational. He was just himself, doing what he could with what he had. He quickly rose to the challenge and demands of college baseball (Hinkins). He led his team to the Big Ten championship. Abbott s success as a freshman brought increased attention from scouts and fans (White 14-16. He received letters calling him inspirational, a ...
- 329: Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
- ... been quite neglected; but being of a strong mind, sound judgment and eager after information, he read much and improved himself insomuch that he was chosen with Joshua Fry professor of Mathem. in W. & M. college to continue the boundary line between Virginia & N. Caroline which had been begun by Colo Byrd, and was afterwards employed with the same Mr. Fry to make the 1st map of Virginia which had ever ... he taught me French, and on the death of my father I went to the revd Mr. Maury a correct classical scholar, with whom I continued two years, and then went to Wm. and Mary college, to wit in the spring of 1760, where I continued 2. years. It was my great good fortune, and what probably fixed the destinies of my life that Dr. Wm. Small of Scotland was then ... and from his conversation I got my first views of the expansion of science & of the system of things in which we are placed. Fortunately the Philosophical chair became vacant soon after my arrival at college, and he was appointed to fill it per interim: and he was the first who ever gave in that college regular lectures in Ethics, Rhetoric & Belles lettres. He returned to Europe in 1762, having ...
- 330: Thomas Jefferson
- ... managed the estate until Jefferson was twenty-one. At the age of nine, Jefferson began studies under a tutor. He learned Latin, Greek, and French. In 1760, at the age of sixteen, he entered the college St. William and Mary at Williamsburg. There, young Jefferson met two men, William Small and Judge George Wythe, who would have a great influence on him. Small was a professor of mathematics at the college. Small introduced his "...eager young disciple...(Worldbook)" to Wythe, one of the most experienced lawyers in the province. Through Small and Wythe, Jefferson became friendly with Governor Francis Fauquier. These four spent countless evenings at ... ideas about humanity and God in their company (76)". Jefferson had been reared in the Anglican Church, but he developed a distrust of organized religion. His views resembled the views of the Unitarians. After finishing college in 1762, Jefferson studied law with George Wythe. "He watched with concern as tension grew between the American Colonies and Great Britain (Nardo 136)". In 1765, Jefferson heard Patrick Henry give his famous speech ...
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