Word: developing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whole student body in order to prevent any one student from losing sight of the real object of his being at college. If he does this, he hurts the university morale. On the other hand he may be helping himself, for by serving in these ways, he may develop himself better than he would did he become an ideal student. It is for him to develop this sort of thing elsewhere than about college campuses, however. Cornell Daily...
...easy to develop tests to compute the strength of egg-shells, but beef has so far been harder. The Bureau expects to develop a machine to measure the tensile and tortional strains of each little fiber of beef, but is careful to check the findings by the teeth of expert beef eaters. Just what use will be made of these tests the Department of Agriculture does not state. To the casual observer it would seem that all the packers and restaurateurs would rise in a body to protest against their ancient prerogative of serving tough steak. What is more likely...
...guarding against it. They will do well if they do not pay too much attention to pleas which will certainly result in unrest and may result in changes in educational methods which we will later regret. By all means give the gifted and serious students the freedom to develop their individually and mental powers. By all means, too, reserve it for the gifted and serious. --The Quadwrangler in the Boston Transcript...
...education of the engineer should then include a mastery of certain scientific principles, a training to develop the power to reason in terms of such knowledge in its application to practical conditions, practice in expressing his ideas clearly in drawing, in writing and in speech. He should have a broad general education, and an open mind...
...appreciation of, some field of human activity, such as art or literature that will serve as a recreation from the daily work of his profession or business. Such avocations will not only enrich his life, and enlarge his points of human contact, but they often also help to develop a frame of mind which may make him more successful in his professional work...