Word: awakened
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ground-breaker for tutorial; it acquaints the student with the broader aspects of his field of concentration through the friendly medium of a personal association. It provides that the advisor's work with his charge shall transcend the signing of a study card, and that he shall attempt to awaken the latter's interest in the educational enterprise, or, finding it awake, pass him along into the tutorial program where he belongs. Where tutorial is too strictly limited, the advisor may assign readings and carry on the work of tutoring within reasonable bounds...
...aims of the new group will be two-fold, according to Urle D. Neisser '30 its secretary. "We shall try in the first place to awaken people to the fact that there is a case against UMT, and in the second to reach by political pressure the House Rules Committee where the UMT bill is now being considered...
...purpose is to awaken a general interest in science among students now in public, parochial and private schools in the area, Watson said. There is an increasing deficit in the member of trained workers in scientific fields. We want to discover New England scientists of tomorrow and assist them toward the advanced training so important to their future and to the future of the country...
They have, instead, a very tough row to hoe. When only one-eighth of an organization's membership shows up at regular meetings and only a quarter at elections, the implementation of any action program is formidably difficult. The awakening and solidification of the membership must therefore be a primary objective. Before the popular imagination can be captured, the imagination of the people who will lead the movement must be captured. Showmanship in accomplishing this should not be eschewed: well-publicized "big-name" speakers, well-drawn posters or handbills aimed at bringing indifferent members into activity, radio time-almost anything...
Despite temporary regressions and stagnation, the history of man has displayed a constant upward spiral. Some day the human race will awaken to the glorious truth, first expressed by Confucius, that "the kingdom of heaven is within you," and that deeds are the vital thing-not belief...