Word: developer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...probably be called out about two weeks later. Coach-Mitchell will be building for the future as well as striving for a winning nine this year and expects to give as much of his time as possible to the first year men and the seconds in an effort to develop the material for the succeeding years. Claude Davidson who assisted in the coaching last year will be in charge of the 1929 squad...
...College by the Division of History, Government and Economics in 1914 and has gradually spread to all the divisions with the exception of science departments requiring laboratory research and the Engineering School. The primary purpose of this method, as announced, is by means of individual guidance, to develop in the student sound and effective habits of thinking and the initiative to acquire knowledge from sources outside of the class room. Its aim is also to supplement the more or less passive learning process of the lecture course and to awaken the student's interest in active thinking...
These fundamentals Mr. Babson describes as integrity, industry, initiative thrift, and promptness, and he pertinently inquires, "Do you think that the environment of the conventional college, especially a large and fashionable college, is the best place for a boy to develop such habits...
...hours" of Mr. Babson's devising could pretend to offer the acquaintance with philosophy and art, science and literature, the understanding of the relation of knowledge to life, the broad philosophic outlook on problems of thought and conduct, which it is the peculiar attribute of the liberal college to develop. To follow the eloquent flight of the News editorial, "College book learning is primarily instruction in where to get and how to appreciate not only pure in formation, but all the finest ideas, proven or unproven, all the loftiest conceptions, all the most poetic dreams that the world has created...
...briefer, less pretentious course such as Mr. Babson suggests, designed to stimulate and develop those particular qualities which experience has demonstrated to be desirable might prove far more valuable. In addition to that more special type of education which the Business School now offers--but with broader appeal, institutions of this sort might relieve the present pressure on the colleges--to the very great advantage of both...