Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...runs into Massachusetts Avenue, Sargent College of Physical Education for Women has been turning out energetic young gym instructresses for 66 years. From its modest origin in 1881, when Dr. Dudley A. Sargent opened a "Sanatory Gymnasium" on Church Street, Sargent has progressed steadily to a broad and varied curriculum, with a student body of 500. In 1904, the school moved from Church Street to the present site, and slipped under the wing of Boston University in 1929, where it has been ever since...
...Price spoke, his veterans' office approved the educational qualifications of still another new school. Its curriculum: deep-sea diving...
...Similarly, the Century approved of "the study of religion as an integral part of the public-school curriculum under the instruction of regular public-school teachers...
...first step in repairing the school's reputation was the requirement that students pass an examination to receive degrees. In 1876, the length of the law course was extended from two to three years. Meanwhile, making up for 20 years lost time, Langdell had made extensive changes in the curriculum...
...distribution formula. It functions only as a shell and is gauged to give each man an important role in his education. While some students may suffer from this responsibility, others can find the experience both maturing and challenging. The alternative, a system calling for more rigid prescription of the curriculum, might prove unsatisfactory and could turn instruction into a production line, the College into a factory. It seems impossible to stimulate 5000 minds by sheer dictum...