Il ne ressemble pas à un tel parangon à moi
"But for the Harvard man, or, even more, for that paragon known as 'the Yale man,' intellectual brilliance was a deeply suspect attribute, like speaking French too well. These young men had been bred for 'character' and 'manliness'—that ineffable mix of deeply heritable qualities prized by the WASP establishment . . . ." [LINK]
Very interesting article, by the way. Few people realize how much the modern private-college admissions process--the attention to "personal qualities" and "geographic diversity," for example--descends directly from efforts, beginning in the 1920s, to limit the number of Jews admitted to Harvard.
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posted at 12:31 AM
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Now I know why I didn't get into Harvard!!!!
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