Word: broader
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...speech at Indianapolis yesterday. Not so much for new arguments as for an accurate definition of existing issues and their relative importance is the address notable. Mr. Hoover does an especial service in placing the league problem--important as it is--in its true perspective to the broader issue of the campaign. In his telling phrase...
...four years residence, but such a person would stand in no danger of getting the training which it is the purpose of the College to give. So too the youth who spends his time on the bleachers, smoking cigarettes, during the hours of baseball practice may get a broader outlook on the game than is gained by the pitcher or the catcher, but how the broad outlook thus acquired serves to advance either his own physical condition or the game of baseball is a question still unanswered. Emerson's dictum, is often quoted (or misquoted) by persons who in their...
Because of its growing popularity with the students, Social Service is recognized as one of the most important branches of Phillips Brooks House activities. It is an opportunity for usefulnes and self-expression, and through it a man can obtain a far broader view of life than is possible in many other occupations...
...theme of discussion at the first meeting. It is not inconceivable that this organization might make some valuable suggestions to the University. A little impetus such as it could give to Faculty consideration of the General Examination system, recently adopted at the rival institution, might lead to a considerably broader viewpoint on our own system. Any change in the system in the direction of greater broadness would certainly be welcomed by the undergraduate body. --Yale News...
...long as the majority of "students" have their vision so firmly set on high marks that they fail to see anything else on the landscape, any "broader" man who does receive high grades will have to keep it secret (as he does now) for fear of being classed as a "grind," and there will continue to be no place for the "student" in the social makeup of the college...