Word: broader
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What, some may ask, is the advantage of being broad? Isn't it the hard headed practical man with a single-track mind who increases the productivity and prosperity of the nation? These questions must be answered in a satisfactory way if we are to justify "a broader college education...
...most unfortunate that nearly half the Harvard delegation was obliged to leave at about the middle of the conference, when there was some feeling of disappointment and dissatisfaction. Those, however, who had hoped for a broader discussion, could not help recognizing that the foreign mission work as now conducted--in which pure proselyting is far less emphasized than formerly--has very decided social and international implications--for example, the education of the Mexican peons. Again, the convention, including as it did representatives of most of the Protestant denominations, was free entirely from the suspicion of sectarianism, and was narrow only...
...Garcelon, former graduate treasurer of the H. A. A. and track man, told of the efforts which are being made to put track on a broader and firmer basis. He said that all previous efforts do not compare in scope to the present plans, which are under the guidance of a Graduate Track Advisory Committee composed of W. M. Rand '09, Herbert Jacques '11, and R. C. Floyd...
...East the University of Pennsylvania is the most ardent supporter of the proposition which has recently received the approval of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Dartmouth and other colleges in New England have engaged boxing coaches and plan intramural tournaments with the probability of broader activity within a year or two, while in the Middle West the "Little Conference" has agreed to adopt boxing as a major sport...
Similarly organized conventions, aiming at discussion of religious, industrial, and political problems in a broader way would be of the utmost value to the present generation of college...