Word: extent
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...long been proposed and often postponed. Secretary Davis said: "Never has the government of the Philippine Islands been in so satisfactory and promising condition as today." And Secretary Davis said: "Had each of the departments of the United States government participated in the administration of the islands to the extent which we are accustomed in the United States, it would have been impossible to accomplish our primary purpose, the development of a people capable of self-government...
...common these two great ideals in government that were brought here by the Pilgrim Fathers and the other early English settlers, because they have inherited them in the blood: 'No taxation without representation'; and, 'No revolution against the declared will of the majority.' To that extent we can always understand each other, even if other things are difficult of comprehension...
...Department of Zoology, sounded the keynote for the continuance of laboratory work in all the departments when he made the following statement as regards the department of Zoology: "In our more advanced courses the laboratory work is not minutely prescribed nor meticulously supervised. The students work to a large extent independently and much opportunity is offered for the exercise of their initiative and originality. Laboratory work under such conditions is entirely consistent with the purpose contemplated by the Reading Period...
Professor Baxter would make no prediction about the future of the Reading Period in his department. As there are no precedents to follow, the use of the Reading Period in Chemistry will probably depend to a large extent upon the result of its first application...
...SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN-John Langdon-Davies-Viking ($3). It is no compliment to women that histories which deal with their past behavior must be so labeled; histories of the world's affairs seldom include them to any large extent. Of the many histories which have been devoted to women, perhaps this is the most enlightening. It follows the history, not of different individuals, but of women as a class through savagery to their present civilization. Why they differ from men, what they may hope to accomplish; these are the points discussed. Several points are settled, among them this...