Word: done
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...believe more good would be done for the state as a whole and for the college if the money used in hiring football coaches were used to improve the state's livestock," declared Scott. "We ought to be able to buy a dozen dandy bulls for the cost of our coaching staff...
After her ten lissome mannequins had done their stuff on what she called "the runway," the dewy-eyed Miss Lord turned her attention to Harvard...
...occasional actress will deny the basic importance of food, but those who are committed to the task of educating will argue that even more important is the locale and environment in which students keep body and soul together. In 1930 Dean Hanford said that the House System had done away with the deplorable effects of "eating around," and President Conant has on several occasions pointed out the broadening, stimulating and even educational effect of the dining hall system upon those who share its blessings...
Letters are being sent out by the Harvard committee to the student bodies of colleges all over the country, describing what has been done here, and urging them to do everything in their power to aid refugee students...
...most foolish things education has done is to force dozens of students through school and college without once telling them how to study. The instructors say, "Aren't you getting this? Well, you had better spend more time on it." The solution to difficulties in learning does not lie in stretching the twenty-four hour day. It would be more worthwhile instead to seek why the difficulties exist. Why is it that sometimes when one sees a certain word in a language course for a fleeting moment it sticks firmly in one mind, while others, curse them, are seen repeatedly...