Word: aims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...often in the past mere numbers have been the aim of those in charge of the University's philanthropies. Unconsciously proving that, though figures do not lie, liars will figure, they have assumed that because four hundred men in September indicate their willingness to do social work, the same four hundred are still faithfully at their task in May which as many a settlement house head knows to his cost is a theory absolutely unsupported by known facts. In insisting on quality at the sacrifice of quantity, the Social Service secretary has done that for which the present generation...
...brought about a feeling almost resembling panic among the University policemen. Orders have been issued to shoot on sight anyone attempting to enter a dormitory in other than the legal and recognized fashion. The idea instilled into these young and active scions of the law is not to aim at the offender's head or any damageable part of his anatomy, but attempt instead to sting him a little where it doesn't hurt so much...
...aim of this new course would not be a dependent one, a satellite of revived English 47. Nor would it attempt to exclude all those who did not intend to become actors. Rather it would serve as a broad medium of instruction through which the undergraduate, as well as his elders, might attain a proper knowledge and appreciation of stage production. Thus it would serve as another way for the student to round out a truly liberal education. The Fine Arts Department already has several men fully competent to teach such a course, and there are, outside of Harvard, others...
...difference between the policies of Zaghlul and Premier Ziwar is one of method. Both aim at the independence of Egypt and the Sudan. The former tries to get it by boldness; the latter by friendly cooperation with Britain...
...aim of the University tutors is to aid all students in correlating the work of their courses. We are evolving a system in which neither course nor individual instructor is subordinated...