Word: attempts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chief concern of philosophy, he maintains, but the standards by which most of us judge values are based on the contemplative tradition and "the elements of that tradition are so far removed from the actualities of modern life that we are almost wholly at a loss when we attempt to pass critical judgments upon what is now going on,"--or in Bertrand Russell's opinion "we do not contemplate a flea; we catch...
...impetus and in sustaining it until its adaption to the present educational conditions has been completed. The trend has been unmistakably in the direction of splitting large educational bodies into smaller, more homogeneous groups; but the academic world is at present extremely leery, and rightfully so, of any attempt to graft the English system in force at Oxford and Cambridge on to our present institutions. American universities are sprung from a different conception of education and must meet the demands of men from far wider spheres and with far more varieties of interest. They must evolve their own adaptations...
...admire any organized attempt of working men to defend themselves," he stated, "but I doubt if they can accomplish very great results through the organization of labor, even in solving the problems of the working class...
...TIME subscriber attempt to debase Driver John Becak who serves society frequently and much...
Gains brought by the official recognition of this virtual freedom would be primarily administrative in nature. Abandonment of all attempt to check the class attendance of men, in good standing would relieve. University Hall of a heavy clerical burden, and would also obviate the expense of the present monitorial system...