Word: broader
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...essence, Mr. Crowther's philosophy resembles President Conant's. The planning of the University Professorships is directly traceable to the necessity for broader, free, and more embracive thinking, with particular reference to the increasing complexity and specialization of contemporary society. A physicist must know more than atomic structure, a pianist more than his keyboard, a politician more than his patronage system, a laborer more than his chain-belt. He must also attempt to understand the interrelationship of them all. Hence the demand for new leaders, whether they be philosophic journalists of untrammeled professors...
...liquor business, acutely aware that it exists by sufferance, acquired a highly respectable front man. For a reputed $50,000 a year, William Forbes Morgan became a part of the Distilled Spirits Institute's "program for the enlargement of the scope of ... activities . . . with special reference to a broader policy of public relations whereby the problems and policies of the industry may have a better understanding with the American people...
...names of two instructors and of directors of extra-curricular activities who know the applicant, rather than the single name of the man's tutor. Information from these persons and from personal interviews with Mr. Sharpe, which are a new feature this year, will afford the scholarship committee a broader and more intimate knowledge of every applicant than was previously available...
...vast majority of that half of the class which does not explore special mysteries in graduate school turns up soner or later in the Alumni Office. Seeking a broader base of acquaintance, the Directors have encouraged interviews with sophomores and juniors, and provided for earlier registration of seniors, with heartening success...
...said to have commented on a statement published in the January 27 issue of the Crimson: "Wolf is said to know more about what is going on at Harvard than anyone else except the President of the Crimson. Whee!" and to have expressed the unreasonable desire to obtain a broader cultural background than could be acquired by knowing about Harvard or even about the Crimson...