Word: broadly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reporting the new tariff bill the Finance Committee of the Senate has proposed four amendments which would permit a system more flexible, but at the same time more stable, than is the case at present; the chief feature of the amendments is that the President would have very broad powers. Provision for this is made in the first amendment suggested, which "states that the President shall have authority "to modify tariff rates either upward or downward, within prescribed limits and in accordance with definite rules laid down by Congress, so that the rates may at all times conform to existing...
...them. It tells him where headquarters is, and how to get there to find out from the best authorities what he needs to know. It goes, and should go, to the roots of the classification and efficiency of knowledge as a whole. It should include a broad purview of Encyclopedia and Bibliography, the general scope of literature and learning, and above all an understanding of library resources and classification and of how to gain access to them. It should give the student, as he begins his work here and makes his choices of roads to follow, a fair notion...
...with this broad and indispensable purpose in view that the themes and discussions touch upon all subjects--religion and philosophy, science and sociology, fine and useful arts, literature and the analysis and niceties of language, history and politics;--not so much to acquire concrete knowledge of these great branches of learning as to see them in their places in the picture of man's relation to them and their relations to each other; not to get knowledge direct, but to learn if may be how to go about to get it, and to make...
Coach Farrell tested out a large proportion of his field event men yesterday afternoon with informal competitions in the hammer-throw, broad-jump, and high-jump. As had been anticipated Captain Brown again won an easy victory in throwing the hammer with L. K. Marshall '22 and H. S. Grew Jr. '24 his closest competitors. In the high-jump, however, J. M. Greely '25 caused surprise by defeating Malcolm Morse '24, one of the few University entries to score in the recent Intercollegiate meet in New York at the end of the winter track season. Morse tied for second place...
...last week of track before the spring trip will start today with a hard practice for both field event men and runners. Coach Farrell will hold competitions in the hammer-throw, the high-jump, and the broad-jump, while with the exception of the hurdlers all track men will take part in time trials for their events. The entire squad will practice within the Stadium for the first time this year. The running events were held on the Stadium track on Friday, but today is the first time that the ground conditions at the bowl end of the field...