Word: aims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...besides Wyoming, Philadelphia and the theatres, studios, dance halls, hotels and philosophers' retreats of Manhattan. There are quaint minutiae-a sneeze in China as the possible origin of a Manhattanite's cold. There is no end of masticable thought and sharp aphorism; that civilization's aim is "to think like an angel but to function like a man"; that sexuality is either splendid or ugly, never funny or pretty, and that a man must contemplate the body of a woman closely and often if he is to preserve an image of their love; that an old waiter...
...many alumni possessed of excellent intentions but of no educational philosophy, the great aim of outdoor college sports seemed to be to make a Roman holiday, to create a spectacle, to gain publicity for the college and glorify alumni reunions. In recent years we became fully aware of the abuses of such a system, and it is needless to rehearse them. College sports were becoming the enemies of college education...
...coaches, supervise expenditure for equipment, and "render to the corporation the same complete annual report as does any other department of the university." The football, baseball, track and swimming coaches are now members of the Faculty "and give the entire academic year to the service of the university." The aim is 'to carry the ideals of the curriculum into all outdoor sports, so that every game shall develop intelligence and character." Presidence Faunce intends to be understood...
Elimination of the professional coach is implied. On Jan. 15 President Lowell of Harvard said that at the present time intercollegiate sports resemble the world's series in the professional baseball leagues. His view was that "as the aim in instruction is to give education to all, that in athletics should be the physical culture of all." Accordingly, intramural contests should be encouraged. Of intercollegiate football games President Lowell said...
Henry Ford has opened his school at Sudbury. It seems that his aim is much more serious than merely to provide the famous lamb with another opportunity for a whack at higher education. The school is to be an example to all of New England. By its methods and training it will show the great need of manual labor, if Mr. Ford's expectations are fulfilled...