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other teachers, in cities or in country districts, who | other teachers, in cities or in country [[crossed out: schools,]] districts, who | ||
provided for them in the | provided for them in the defenceless, [[^repetitious &]] intencities | ||
of their adolescent years and guided them | of their adolescent years and [[^guided them]] inducted them into | ||
their careers towards the enrichment of society, and I wonder whether that quality | their careers [[^towards the enrichment of society,]] and I wonder whether that quality | ||
of preceptorship still exists. The talents and | of preceptorship [[^still exists.]] [[crossed out: could have been a natural trait characteristic of that | ||
period in our modern history.*]] The talents and | |||
devotion of such women must have diminished | devotion of such women must have diminished | ||
as their pupils were converted into political | as their pupils were converted into political pawns | ||
and their grottoes their alchemy revisions were destroyed by the bulldozers. | and their grottoes [[^ of their alchemy revisions]] were destroyed by [[crossed out: the]] bulldozers. | ||
"Our | [[crossed out: of modern progress.]] "Our betters are our masters," | ||
some of them may have thought [ | some of them may have thought [[^ironically]] as they opened their | ||
daily papers a decade or two later and saw pictures of shady | daily papers [[^a decade or two later]] and saw pictures of shady campuses | ||
wrecked by student "demonstrations" ancient | wrecked by student "demonstrations" ancient | ||
trees felled and college deans and presidents | trees felled and college deans and presidents | ||
escaping barefoot like cats across the academic roofs. | escaping barefoot [[^like cats]] across the academic roofs. | ||
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But in the early | But in the early 20's when I was | ||
admitted to the University of Chicago as a | admitted to the University of Chicago as a | ||
part time student specializing in English | part-time student specializing in English | ||
literature and composition, the elms & the | |||
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other teachers, in cities or in country crossed out: schools, districts, who provided for them in the defenceless, ^repetitious & intencities of their adolescent years and ^guided them inducted them into their careers ^towards the enrichment of society, and I wonder whether that quality of preceptorship ^still exists. [[crossed out: could have been a natural trait characteristic of that period in our modern history.*]] The talents and devotion of such women must have diminished as their pupils were converted into political pawns and their grottoes ^ of their alchemy revisions were destroyed by crossed out: the bulldozers. crossed out: of modern progress. "Our betters are our masters," some of them may have thought ^ironically as they opened their daily papers ^a decade or two later and saw pictures of shady campuses wrecked by student "demonstrations" ancient trees felled and college deans and presidents escaping barefoot ^like cats across the academic roofs.
But in the early 20's when I was admitted to the University of Chicago as a part-time student specializing in English literature and composition, the elms & the