Are High Schools for Morons?, by Albert L. Bell, THE AMERICAN MERCURY

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Are High Schools for Morons?

by Albert L. Bell

The American Mercury, January 1956, pp. 125-129

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    28. This Is What They Said, p. 122
    29. Operation Evanston by Marilyn Whiteside, pp. 123-124
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    31. Want to be a Poltician? by Robert E. Coulson, pp. 131-136
    32. The Wart That Shook the World by Guy Gilpatric, pp. 137-143
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    26. Minnehaha Laughs Again by Alice E. Christgau, pp. 127-131
    27. Our Heroic Age by Elwood Fouts, pp. 132-134
    28. He Owns a Town by Rafe Gibbs, pp. 135-138
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    1. Pseudo Psychos by John Barton, pp. 5-12
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    4. Danger Signals in the Caribbean by Harold Lord Varney, pp. 21-28
    5. Names That Aren't by John Sidney, pp. 29-31
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    9. How to Understand Politics by Eugene Newsom, pp. 41-45
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    11. I Like to Teach by Ruth Boas, pp. 47-51
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    13. Parking Meters Are Illegal by Aaron Norman, pp. 59-64
    14. Our Reserve Airmen Need Help by Dale Richardson, Sr., pp. 65-69
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    16. The Great Estate Swindle by Karl Baarslag, pp. 73-79
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    2. Needed: A Universal Traffic Law by Lucille Britt, pp. 15-19
    3. I Found a Miniature Atlantis by Harry Rieseberg, pp. 20-24
    4. If I Had a Child This Christmas by Nell W. Evans, pp. 25-28
    5. Soviet School for Alcoholics by Georgi Silarov, pp. 29-33
    6. In Memory of Chips by Henry S. Galus, pp. 34-37
    7. This Is What They Said, p. 38
    8. The Confederacy Gets an Air Corps by Allen Rankin, pp. 39-42
    9. Father of Farm Machinery by Raymond Schuessler, pp. 43-46
    10. The NEA and the School Grab by Russell Turner, pp. 47-54
    11. The Peaceful Invaders by Desmond Stone, pp. 55-59
    12. Why Commit Suicide? by Frederick William Hess, pp. 60-62
    13. Leave Me Out of the Picture by J. Herbst, pp. 63-68
    14. A Peculiar Bird is the Pelican by George S. Fichter, pp. 69-74
    15. Moral Crisis in Our Foreign Policy by Styles Bridges, pp. 75-83
    16. 4,000,000 Bankers Can't Be Wrong! by Harry Kursh, pp. 84-88
    17. The Far End of Florida by Deane Heller and David Heller, pp. 89-93
    18. Killing Your Husband With Kindness by Ruth Boyer Scott, pp. 94-96
    19. In the Mercury's Opinion by Russell Maguire, pp. 97-98
    20. What's Happened to Craftsmanship? by Jack Denton Scott, pp. 99-102
    21. The World's Biggest Worm by M.D. Bellomy, pp. 103-106
    22. Veterans in a Snake Pit by Anonymous, pp. 107-116
    23. Christmas in an Igloo by Frank Dufresne, pp. 117-121
    24. Do You Know?, p. 122
    25. The Facts About Fluoridation by Edith F. Elliot, pp. 123-129
    26. Money Made Mysterious by Paul Stevens, pp. 130-131
    27. The Navajo Wind That Speaks by Oren Arnold, pp. 132-136
    28. Christianity on the Campus by William R. Bright, pp. 137-143
    29. Dial for Facts and Fun by Anthony Marcin and Marietta Marcin, pp. 144-148
    30. The Reds in Hawaii by Lyle G. Phillips, pp. 149-154
    31. [+]
      A Conservative Speaks to America by Edith Kermit Roosevelt, pp. 155-162 - 3 Reviews
      1. Beyond the Dreams of Avarice by Russell Kirk
      2. Elephants and Ivory by John Alfred Jordan and John Prebble
      3. The Executive Life by The Editors of Fortune
    32. Cover by DeWitt Whistler Jayne
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  Issues of 1957 = 12 Issues, 394 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1958 = 12 Issues, 364 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1959 = 12 Issues, 453 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1960s = 1 Year, 12 Issues, 439 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1960 = 12 Issues, 439 Articles