Word: europeanizer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Addressing his audience on "The Unique Character of American Education". Dr. O. H. Judd, Director of the School of Education at Chicago University, psychologist and scholar in education, delivered the Inglis Lecture on secondary education last night in Emerson Hall. Pointing out three distinct differences in American and European educational systems. Dr. Judd stated that he felt that the secondary schools in America had been unfairly criticised by European scholars...
...American secondary school", he said, "is far more flexible than any of the secondary schools in either England. France, or Germany, and this feature is one of the unique distinctions between American and European secondary schools." The curriculum of the typical French secondary school limits the students to a certain definite course, he said, and they stvive to give the pupils a coherent education by requiring him to take the same courses repeatedly. "The American system," he continued, "gives the student a coherent educational training by making his school work interesting and informing...
...United States Lawn Tennis Association recently has vetoed the suggestion of Tilden, that the American Davis Cup team play its preliminary rounds of the Davis Cub tournament in the European zone of play rather than in the American...
...opportunity for play in preparation for the Cup matches," Tilden continued, "is very little, if any, greater in the European than in the American zone, but this chance should be embraced. If the young players are successful here and then go to Europe, they will have no time to become accliminated across the Atlantic...
...Hunter and I believe that he and I should play in the French championships, and since we are convinced that our chances of success are slim unless we play in Europe previous to the championships, we advocated play in the European zone. We are therefore going to Europe and England to play in the championship matches. Whether we go officially or not depends on the Lawn Tennis Association...