My Dismissal from the Carnegie Institute of Technology: Causes and Effects (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

George Frederick Gundelfinger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331350409 ISBN 13 : 9781331350408

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019

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Tectums wrapped up in dirty newsipapers and clothesline or with their testicles in potato sacks. I should like to think that the scenes I witnessed in the hall of the Science Building this morning on my way to the General Faculty Meeting were not real visions but imaginary ones; and yet I would not care to possess a mind so depraved as to imagine the like. That yourself (and Mrs. Hamerschlag) should condescend to lead a parade of students attired like these is another matter I should prefer were mythical in spite of the fact that the Pittsburgh papers have flashed it before the eyes of the public in print and in picture. There is such a thing as helpful publicity, and there is such a thing as harmful notoriety. I f, by to-day sexhibition, Tech expects to increase her enrollment (which, for next fall, is reported as annoyingly low), the increase cannot consist of other than undesirable students; indeed, I should not be surprised if parents, who had contemplated sending their sons to us next fall, would decide to steer clear of us entirely after seeing the orgy staged so successfully this morning. When I first came to Tech as an instructor several years ago, several persons on the campus, knowing of the books I had written about Yale, called me aside and told me of the conditions at Carnegie, hoping to inveigle me into exposing them likewise. Although I believe thoroughly that merciless publicity is the only sure cure for the faults of any college and although I know conclusively that the merciless publicity I have given to Yales faults has permanently removed many of them, at the same time I want to inform you in all sincerity that inwardly I neither have nor have had any intention of criticising Carnegie Tech publicly. I must admit, however, that such an attitude seems neglectful on my part, knowing what I know to exist and having the ability I have to portr
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331350409
• ISBN 13: 9781331350408
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 62
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