Word: broadly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President-elect Hoover selects Dr. Wilbur as Secretary of the Interior, he will bring to that Department a man of broad experience and tremendous capacity for constructive work. No one knows better than Mr. Hoover that he could not make a "yes-man" out of Dr. Wilbur, which would be the last thing Mr. Hoover would want...
...only is this suggestion most significant for determining a means of attaining the most important aim of humanity at present, but also of the educational policy that necessarily must be followed to achieve world peace. Since the basic principle in which all educators are in accord is that the broad purpose of education is to fit the individual most efficiently to understand, appreciate, and better himself and his fellowman, Mr. Hawtrey has not only proposed a universally desired solution of a perplexing international problem, but he has also furnished a definite target for contemporary educators...
...student does enter a graduate school at the end of the sophomore year, it is very doubtful whether he has acquired a sufficiently broad education to enable him to be an unblased judge of general affairs. The preparatory education that the average person has before coming to college usually consists of just sufficient elementary knowledge to satisfy entrance requirements. It is therefore up to the college to provide all of the cultural background that is necessary for a professional man. When the regular four year course is reduced to two, it is impossible to fill this requirement...
...leading his party against the G. O. P., Mr. Garrett exhibited a delicacy of manner, a restraint of language that caused his more bellicose followers to ask if he were "pulling his punches" (gentling). His attack was on broad principles. He never ridiculed the White House, never called the President names. Small wonder that the many potent Republicans who recommended his appointment to a $12,500 job found the President responsive...
...lowered the mile record to 4.26 4.5; Captain Swope of Dartmouth, whose 600-yard triumph resulted in a record of 1.16 3-5; Reid in the two miles, Maynard of Dartmouth in the high jump, Levy of Cornell in the shot-put, and French of Harvard in the broad jump. French has rounded slowly into top stride; Maynard until recently has been handicapped by a lame back, but Reid, Swope, and Levy are in prime fettle, although I'll be surprised if Reid wins both the mile and two-mile...