Word: criterions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American, English, and German Universities, concentrating in large measure on the undergraduate college. In the present Atlantic Monthly he turns his attention specifically to the graduate schools of American Universities and with his usual trenchant insight finds them not even "within hailing distance of the university standard". For his criterion of the university Dr. Flexner turns back to the Johns Hopkins graduate school founded in 1876 by Daniel Coit Gilman. President Gilman's educational principles were few but sound. A graduate school should place its emphasis on securing the finest possible brains for its faculty and student body: buildings...
...knowledge and intelligence. The reduction of courses and hour examinations for the entire college, as announced several weeks ago, will also have this liberalizing effect. But, while the college and the respective departments urge men to become candidates for honors and reduce formal requirements for them, the accepted criterion of a man's ability is still believed to lie in the way in which he can pass his regular courses. In other words, although the newer system of general examinations really has the sympathy of the college the old system of courses is still looked upon to furnish the real...
right men were chosen. "I would feel if I were on such a body, that the criterion of my decisions would lie in classifying the criminals. Many cases are completely misqualified...
Heralded by this pat and pleasant show-title, Miss Ann Pennington once more recommends herself to a Harvard following. If spontaneity is one's criterion, as it is the Playgoer's, she is the whole show. The years have not taken away the sparkle of that diminutive dancing figure. She still can hold the attention against all the cast around her. One scene in particular comes to mind, where Miss Pennington, elevated above the other figures of the ensemble, is revealed by the rising curtain in a dimly-lighted setting of red, black, and purple. Slow music, with the drums...
...action can only be commended. It is desirable at all times for the coaches to know that good character coupled with an interest in their work and the ability to teach will result in their continued retention and that the knack to produce winning teams is no longer a criterion in this respect...