Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...looks to university extension courses to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Seminars for professional men, he believes, would make adult education self-respecting, and might prove an equal benefit to scholarship. The obstacles in the way of effective adult education are obvious. Most men, while they will accept the pre-digested education offered by the radio, are not interested in advanced study requiring difficult thought. In the absence of any prospect of financial gain, there is apparently no sufficient incentive to sustained mental effort...
...France and Italy are each to have 6,000 tons more capital ship allowance than they bound themselves to accept by the Washington Treaty of 1922. Since a "capital ship" may be of from 10,000 to 35,000 tons, it was claimed that the 6,000-ton raise is "purely technical"?but U. S. Senators would, of course, not understand this...
Further discussion of the proposed war memorial must start with a recognition of the actual situation. The Corporation has voted to accept a War Memorial Chapel; it shows no disposition to rescind this action. A continuation of arguments against the chapel can only serve to emphasize the unfortunate fact that the future memorial to Harvard's war dead will not represent the ideal of a united Harvard...
...Voted. 1. That the Reverend President be desired to accept Gradum Doctoratus in Theologia, and that a Diploma be drawn up by the Corporation & presented...
...noteworthy fact that the radio spreads the range of possible competition. Financial limitation has in the past prevented the University teams from meeting some desirable distant opponents. Under the old conditions many first-rate universities were unable to guarantee the expenses of visiting debaters, and Harvard was forced to accept offers from second-rate colleges willing for various reasons to provide the necessary guarantee...