Word: developer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...botanist knows that if the topmost bud of a tree is blighted, lower buds at once begin to develop to take its place. Many members of the Democratic Party arrived at the opinion that the topmost Presidential bud, William G. McAdoo, had suffered from oil. Thereupon several other buds began to expand on their own merits, and, flushed with hope, to burgeon...
...Extra-curriculum activities give men a sense of responsibility and develop initiative and self-confidence to a degree that cannot possibly be obtained by the mere passing of examinations," said W. R. Castle Jr. '00, commenting to a CRIMSON reporter on the college preparation, necessary for entering the diplomatic service. Mr. Castle, who is a former English instructor and assistant dean in the University and now assistant in the Department of State at Washington, has spent the last few days here advising undergraduates who plan to enter the diplomatic service...
...experiments in examination methods tried by Professors Lowes and Perry, designed to develop thought and original criticism rather than mere memorizing, seem almost trivial when contrasted with the brand new system of education established to years ago by Mr. Gurdjieff, at Fontainebleau and appropriately called an "Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man." The principles upon which his method is based were acquired by Mr. Gurdjieff and others during thirty years of travel and study among the learned men of Persia, Tibet and India, where the seachers tried to supplement the knowledge of the West with the profound learning...
...many men the competition for places in the Freshman Glee Club seems unusually severe and discouraging--and here the Hall Choruses play a useful part. Not only are they the proving ground for future choristers, but they serve to develop the latent talent in many Freshmen not quite good enough for the Glee Club. After all it is not important as to which of the halls renders "Upidee" or "The Tavern in the Town" most tunefully; the all-important purpose is to get the Freshmen together, and incidentally to interest a large number in singing and music--men who otherwise...
...species parthenogenesis can be induced artificially by treating the egg in various ways, i.e., keeping it in sea water, in salt or sugar concentrations at a certain temperature, in certain acid solutions, pricking it with a needle. In 1899 he caused the unfertilized eggs of sea-urchins to 'develop into swimming larvae and remain alive. Similar results were obtained with starfish, worms, mollusks. In 1916 he developed full-grown frogs (a highly organized animal) of both sexes, by the same artificial process. His frogs were not limited to a single sterile generation, but continued to have offspring. Specifically, said...