Word: aims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aim of the elementary school is primarily to give the student the foundation on which the details of a more liberal education may subsequently be constructed. It cannot undertake also to give instruction in special subjects, such, among others, as library training. If, however, the purpose of this latest idea is to cultivate an instinctive love of books and reading, it might be accomplished much more effectively by personal suggestion, and a closer cooperation between library and school boards, than by routine mass instruction. To paraphrase a trite proverb, anyone can lead the student to a book, but only...
...issues in the presidential election of 1924? Professor Haynes's study of "Social Politics in the United States" enables the reader to see current political events in their proper perspective. Its publication by Houghton Mifflin Company at this time is especially opportune in view of its contents and aim. It will help to answer some of the questions asked by thoughtful observers, such as "Will there be a new party?" "What will the Progressive Bloc do in Congress?" "Why is agricultural relief so urgent and persistent...
...left a refined conception of a liberal college which has found expression in the program published by twenty-six alumni in the Amherst Student. There is nothing remarkable, however, in either the ideas or their phrasing. The definition that "a liberal college must be one in which the intellectual aim is dominant" and one which will thoroughly ground the student in the essentials of "an intelligent scheme of values" has often been used to express the ideals of every American college. It is more significant that these alumni who are all teachers and educators should think it necessary to restate...
...away from the idea of training for a debate. We want to rely more on the making of speakers through such things as the Debating Union, and outside individual talking. It is an idea Dean Greenough expressed in an article seven years ago in which he said that the aim is not to make public speakers but private speakers. This new plan has been adopted after consultation with various debating organizations throughout the University, and will receive its first test Saturday night. It marks a relegation to the background of the old debating brick-bats, and is bound to make...
...chilling wind was blowing and after the sun dropped out of sight a few minutes later, rowing was very disagreeable. However, Coach Stevens had the men pull up and down the short distance several, times. He gave little instruction, since acquiring the feel of the water was the chief aim of the afternoon...