Word: adopting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...become somewhat of a convention among professors who are apostles of the older order in education to adopt an attitude of well-bred superiority whenever mention is made of introducing vocational subjects into college curricula. Consequently it is refreshing to hear a new voice crying in the wilderness. Professor Edman of Columbia in the October "Century" maintains that the citadel from which the cultured professors sneer at their more practical-minded brethren is itself far from impregnable. He charges that these scholars are lecturing as if their classes were all composed of independently wealthy youths being fitted for sinecure positions...
...teach. ... I am not a dirt farmer nor a pictorial farmer." He recalled Mr. Dawes' suggestion for a com mission to investigate and recommend remedies. "It has not even the merit of novelty!" he exclaimed. "I can smell the moth balls now." He concluded: "We undertake: "To adopt an international policy of such cooperation as will reestablish the farmer's export market by restoring the industrial balance in Europe. . . . "To adjust the tariff so that the farmer and all classes can buy again in a competitive market...
...Holy Virgin, we propose never to adopt any manner of dress displeasing to Thee. This means that upon every occasion, even when the devil tempts us, and suggests we pass the limits of holy modesty, we will remember our promise to Thee...
...That by two-thirds vote the Convention adopt a resolution to eliminate the lowest candidate at each ballot until two were left, ballot on these for five ballots, then, abolishing the unit rule, choose a candidate by a majority vote; defeated overwhelmingly by acclamation...
This tendency toward new models is only a phase of the severe competition in the business. One company announces a novel appliance or feature. If it gains public favor, all the other companies hasten to adopt it too. Once a new model is finished and on the market, each concern starts planning feverishly on its next model. Hence, the industry as a whole is very "spotty"; while one large Detroit company has virtually shut down, another is planning for greatly increased production...