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Franklin Roosevelt was not brought up by his mother with the idea that some day he would be President. "That was the last thing I should ever have imagined for him," Mrs. Roosevelt lately told interviewers.* "The highest ideal I could hold up before our boy was to grow to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: My Boy Franklin | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

Also, there should be some disciplinary measures possible. I am a firm believer in the value of the general examinations for all men, whether candidates for Honors or not, and the tutorial system seems.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Publishes Last of General Comments By Tutors On Questionnaire Concerning the Tutorial System at Harvard | 2/18/1933 | See Source »

I should like to preface my remarks by saying that I am a firm believer in the value of the tutorial system, and by this I mean the tutorial system that is now in effect at Harvard. It is manifestly imperfect, but with all its imperfections it represents a considerable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutors in Sociology Discuss Tutorial System In Answer To Questionnaire | 2/11/1933 | See Source »

I am a profound believer in research and in tutors carrying on some research. There is a spontaneity of enthusiasm that can then be passed on to a student. If the man be mature enough to put a sufficient check on his major interest so that the student may get...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Biology and Sociology Tutors Discuss System In Answer To Crimson Questionnaire | 2/7/1933 | See Source »

Before Sinclair ("Red") Lewis made a name for himself as a satirist of U. S. civilization he was a romancer and writer of romantic verse of the also-ran variety. The unromantic world, which dampens many high enthusiasms, turned his to hate. Because he was a good hater and because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Monster Crusader | 1/30/1933 | See Source »

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