Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...success is so various that it is impossible to lay down a universal standard by which men's relative attainments can be measured. Wealth, eminence in public affairs, social usefulness and historical fame are all legitimate objects of human endeavor, and none can be set above the rest or even expressed in terms of any other...
...have made patient and intelligent trials with college men in business, and the results as a whole speak well for the college students. Of course, individuality is the prime factor in any man's success or failure, whether he has education or lacks it, but on anything like an even chance and opportunity it was generally found that the college boy caught on more quickly and progressed faster than the boy lacking college education and training. He grasped problems and situations more readily and saw their possibilities more thoroughly, because he had become accustomed at college to analyze facts...
...Even admitting that American conversation consists chiefly of trivialities, it does not necessarily prove, as this writer appears to think it does, the triviality of our national character. He assigns a large share of the blame to the elective system of American colleges which have produced such a scattering of interests that a common ground for conversation no longer remains...
...receptive attitude of mind is the chief essential of conversation. Possessing it, there is no reason why even specialists may not engage in conversation to the interest and advantage of either party. an attitude of intellectual receptivity is the really great thing which a college can give students. It is more than the essential quality of culture; it is the basis of civilization...
...higher education of colored men and women in Atlanta, Ga., now celebrating its semi-centenial, has begun the raising of a half-million-dollar endowment fund. to this we gladly call our readers' attention in the earnest hope that some of them will contribute to this most worthy undertaking, even at a time when the need for help in Europe is so great. Why do we take this position? Because even in the south people are beginning to realize that if the colored people are to direct their footsteps towards efficiency, probity and useful citizenship, there must be among them...