Word: developing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Many gifted musicians have failed to attain more than mediocre success because they were unwilling to sacrifice time and energy to the development of their talents. Work is essential," she said. "Those imbued with musical talent too often do not realize that their inherent abilities will not be of any use or pleasure to the world unless, with work and sacrifice, they do all in their power to develop them...
Naturally, large numbers of students are of this type of mind, and either posess or rapidly develop an immunity to lecturing. Since it has been admitted that in our universities there are far too many lectures, our sympathy is, on the whole, with the students...
...Freshman squad contains several good individual players but there is a decided lack of teamwork. Of the few attempts made in passing, the majority proved futile and in the future it will be the chief work of Coach Joseph Michels to develop a coordinating team...
...such it undoubtedly became in his own particular field of modern international relations. Master of many languages and acquainted with the public men of many countries, he was particularly at home in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Near and Far East, and did much to develop the scholarly study of these regions in American Universities. After he gave up the conduct of History 1 in 1905, his teaching and writing centered more and more about recent diplomatic history. To undergraduates he brought a sense of fresh contact with the affairs of the wider world, while among graduate...
...hardship. It would be safe to say that for at least half of this number the regular opportunity to pay the entire bill would be welcome. They should not, and in most cases, do not care to accept philanthropy in the case of education. Since it seems impossible to develop any system which would operate efficiently in the form of a sliding scale arranged on the ability to pay, the only alternatives appear to be a gradual tuition increase or a continuation of the begging policy for American education exclusive of state institutions. The solution for the self-supporting student...