Word: acquaint
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...practical rather than theoretical. Especially significant is its inclusion of a course in the actualities of politics. "Such a course," says the commission, "should not follow the usual lines of academic instruction by discussing such topics as public opinion, electoral procedure and formal party organization, but should endeavor to acquaint the student with the actual political situations which he is likely to encounter during his later career. It should aim to give him a clear insight into the workings of the politician's mind as well as an acquaintance with the politician's technique...
...Every student is required to frame his schedule of courses in his major subject in consultation with the department concerned. He must present to the class officer evidence that he has satisfactorily fulfilled this preliminary requirement before he submits his complete schedule of work for final approval. He should acquaint himself fully with all requirements of the department of his major study, with regard not merely to his immediate choices of Junior courses, but to the plan of his entire work in preparation for the departmental examinations at the close of his Senior year. These departmental examinations, required of every...
...entire cancer problem by saying: "The public must not expect cancer research to disclose the secret of the cause of cancer, nor to provide a universal remedy for advanced cancer. There is no one cause of cancer. There are many causes, often preventable, and the public should acquaint themselves with the nature of these causes...
...Public education is involved inevitably in the contemporary struggle for democracy. The public school should remain loyal to the great ethical conception of human equality. It should acquaint the rising generation with the full meaning of democracy in American history; explore and examine fearlessly all proposals for the reconstruction of our life and institutions...
...Langer must know how to make a coherent picture out of thousands of disconnected facts, how to critically appraise his field, and how to acquaint others with his knowledge. Only a flesh and blood individual, trained by flesh and blood teachers, can knead the plastic and indigestible thing called knowledge into beneficial roughage. His skill is acquired through an active mind as well as learned lessons. Because of deficiencies in the English language which even Copey has been unable to rectify, this part of a Langer must be described as personality, inspiration, genuineness. When it is missing, students might just...