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...intensity as the desirable concomitant to more liberal teaching methods. The general tenor of the report was, "Give them liberty, but give them work." Interesting specifications were: "Too long and possibly too many vacations. . . . Too many of the rewards of college life, of which both parents and students are avid, place a premium on physical and social maturity. ... Our tutorial systems, examinations and honor courses are frank adaptations of English university procedure. We can hardly allow patriotic sentiments to interfere with the effort to employ them...
...many of the rewards of college life, of which both parents and students are avid, place a premium on physical and social maturity...
...speech, Mr. Patterson treated the cramming of news concerning criminals with a levity and lack of logic pardonable only because his audience the New York State Publishers' Association, was already on his side. As an opening thrust, he classed crime news critics as the most avid of crime news readers. Having gained polite applause, he left the subject with the remark that the English press published more penal news than the American...
...Williamstown effort, according to the Chicago view, is "popular," avid of publicity, of small permanent value, impressed by titular rank. The Chicago Institute, states Vice President James H. Tufts, will attract a "more steady, conscientious group of people, equipped to consider questions in a scientific permanent...
...Avid consumers of musical comedy can scarcely care to miss the following 'diversions: Kid Boots, Poppy, Music Box Revue, Ziegfeld Follies, Mary Jane Me Kane, Runnin' Wild...