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Word: bettered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assume, however, that this Sophomore has made business his aim. What is there for him to do three years ahead which will better help him to reach his goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First in Series of Articles on Alumni Placement Office Advises Upperclassmen to Register Soon | 1/11/1938 | See Source »

...higher standard of journalism. But taken by themselves, fellowships amounting to $40,000 a year can scarcely affect the standing of the great mass of the nation's periodicals. It is hoped, therefore, that such a program will at least lead the way in the fight for better and cleaner journalism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIFE COMES FOR THE NIEMAN FUND | 1/11/1938 | See Source »

Holder of a minor political office, Mr. Lee further states that Harvard has put education in a "straight-jacket," stultifying every effort of the schools to introduce courses designed to prepare students for the modern world. In this connection, he mentions Boston University and Boston College as doing a better job than their distinguished contemporary across the Charles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 1/11/1938 | See Source »

Morgan's European Travel Journal gives a better picture of the man than of his achievements or his professional standing. But it suggests the rich observations that may remain in the 18,000 unpublished pages of Morgan's writing, now packed away in the library of the University of Rochester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Yankee Scientist | 1/10/1938 | See Source »

...time passes it seems logical to expect a different emphasis on the work of the department of hygiene than has been customary because of the growing complexity of human relations and the need to turn men out of the University better qualified to take their places in the affairs of life. University men, like all others, have problems to be solved that fall beyond the scope of formal lectures and the activities of the offices of the various deans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: World Unrest Cause Of Greater Illness | 1/10/1938 | See Source »

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