Education: Report Card

¶ In Ossining, N.Y., ten Protestants and Jews brought suit against the board of education for using "a tax-established and tax-supported public school system to aid religious groups to propagate their faith." Cause of the fuss: the board had approved the request of a citizens' committee, headed by Episcopal Mayor Jesse Collyer Jr., that a crèche be built on the lawn of the high school during the Christmas season.

¶ Commenting on the shortage of college teachers, President Charles Cole of Amherst sounded one happy note: "Our students are usually hand-fed intellectually and hand-driven over the hurdles of a college course. Our system works fairly well, but it may have tended to reduce the originality and ingenuity of our students. With too few teachers, we're going to have to turn the students loose—put them on their own—leave them to find their way through difficulties. I think it will be a good thing."