Word: aims
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...adequate gauge of a man's knowledge of his subject than a series of tests at the end of each course. The latter are specific and detailed; a student may cram his head full of facts and pass them, but promptly forget all he has learned. College does not aim to inculcate a mass of detail which may be applied per se in after life--this is left for the technical school. The object of college is to teach a man to think; to give him a general well-rounded intellectual development which he may use in any field...
...Italy is doing it, France is doing it. And right here may be found the essential difference between the contentions of President Lowell and Senator Lodge. The President argued that the most fundamentally important business before us is to see that some covenant that has international welfare as its aim be established. The Senator contends that it is the duty of every American to safeguard the interests of these United Sates first, last and all the time. Between the two there is a deadlock. Which side a man takes depends on his philosophy of life-the only appeal that...
...different colleges and universities to meet and discuss together the problems common to all. They are held each summer under the auspices of a central committee, and are of a religious character. The problems discussed are all those which affect the growth and welfare of colleges, with the general aim of moral and educational progress through the co-operation of representative students of the various institutions. The business of the Conference goes on in the morning and evening, leaving the afternoon free for informal athletic competition of various kinds between members of the different colleges...
Even to those who have other fields as their ultimate aim, a year in the Merchant Marine would not be wasted. Many men have found that their adventurous spirit was whetted by war experiences, and are not content to resume the uneventful existence of their pre-war days. For men of this sort, the Merchant Marine, with its voyages and experiences through the seven seas, is the one vehicle by which such restless young Americans can gratify the spirit of pioneering awakened by the world...
...artillery, both in theory and in practice. Through such a course one will be able to qualify as a Reserve Officer and be in a position to offer his services to the government in case of any emergency, without the delay of long months of preparation, Its particular aim is to increase alertness, accuracy, and resourcefulness of thought, the art of working in co-operation with other men, and the learning how to obey and command. I hope that the undergraduates will give very careful consideration to the opportunity which is now extended to them by the generous facilities which...