Word: awaken
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when the academic institutions of more than one country have been crippled by persecution, that our anniversary be utilized to demonstrate to the nation at large the significance of all our colleges and universities. We hope that the events of this three hundredth year of Harvard's existence may awaken in many minds a consciousness of the necessity of preserving that great scholarly tradition of education and free inquest which first came to these shores three centuries...
...design at Harvard since 1899 until his death early in September. He wrote many books on Oriental art, and was one of the first to penetrate Cambodia, a region in Indo-China, for artistic research. It was he who introduced Persian pottery to the Boston public, as well as awaken an interest in the colored tile of this region. Although he was a profuse collector, Dr. Ross kept few objects for himself, giving the majority to either the Boston Museum or the Fogg...
First, the tutor tries, if he can, to communicate to the student some of his own enthusiasm; to awaken in him a zest for intellectual adventure; to help him develop a serious scholarly interest, in the pursuit of which he will want to drive forward under his own power...
More important still, a required course may awaken the interest of a student in what is to him a hitherto unexplored field. It is often true that men are not anxious to study subjects about which they know nothing, and in which, for that reason, they have no particular interest. Yet if forced to take the course, they may develop a fascination for the subject which will become a vital part of their four college years...
...system," it harangued, "creates class differences, enables the few to hoard wealth, causes poverty and unemployment, and . . . seriously restricts the national budget so that even the most vital needs of national defense are not attainable. ... It is desirable for the people to abandon the selfish, individualistic economic sense, to awaken to moral principles and to hasten to establish an economy embodying the Empire's ideals [i. e., a military dictatorship]. The military . . . would cultivate the spirit of personal sacrifice in which the country's welfare alone counts, while ruling out extreme internationalism and individualism...