Word: broader
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...classes. Now that the number of exchanged students has reached an appreciable size, there are not sufficient funds to increase the fellowships and scholarships to the point that is necessary if the project is to progress. If the present tendency of giving money to educational institutions were given a broader scope, and extended to this field of intercourse with foreign students, a more equitable basis of relations between the United States and Germany could be completely realized. There would be a sounder mutual understanding of national characteristics which would reduce the friction arising from lack of sympathy. The former unreasoning...
...Freshman meet tomorrow will be broader in its scope, including seven events: 100-yard relay race, diving "6", 50-yard free style, 50-yard back stroke, 200-yard free style, 100-yard breast stroke, and 100-yard free style. The final champions will be the winners of the University meet, open to all students, which is scheduled for 3.30 o'clock on April 3. Seven events also will be staged in this last competition and will be the same as those in the Freshman contests save for the diving, in which the men will make eight dives instead...
...Religious life in our colleges today is quite healthy, I should say. Youth has always been a period of questioning and doubting, and there is bound to be some unbelief among students. Later, life with its broader experiences brings sounder views...
...object of the 'House plan' as proposed for Harvard is social, and in the broader sense cultural. There is no question of sub-dividing the present methods of instruction, of changing the requirements for degrees, or of altering the scope and method of instruction. Professors, assistant professors, and instructors will be Harvard teachers, not teachers of this or that 'House.' Degrees will be Harvard degrees carrying the authority of three hundred years of unbroken traditions. The President of Harvard University will be President of the whole University and all of its component parts...
...establishing the House plan Harvard authorities hope not only to foster a broader and more pervasive social life among undergraduates but also to stimulate intimacy between students and teachers. Toward the realization of both these ends the position of House master in the new residential groups will be one of pivotal importance. Without the proper personal force to give it vitality the entire experiment might easily fail of an ultimate significance beyond the addition of several building units to the Harvard plant...