Word: failed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lectures are interesting from the point of view of their content, but for little else. The lecturer is dull, albeit rather easily followed when it comes to taking notes. The table experiments, however, usually make up for this, except when some assistant has prepared them incorrectly and they fail to respond according to Hoyle. The quizzes themselves, coming always as regularly as Fate, are taken entirely from the two lectures of that week, and count heavily for the term mark. As for the lab work, if the student works earnestly and hard during the entire period, he can finish...
...artist who lived by his art was one of the few desirable by-products of the capitalistic scheme. When that scheme suffered its recent noisy break-down and was replaced by the Initials Plan, the CWA did not fail to extend its benevolence to creative geniuses in the arts who were faced with starvation when the market for their products, like that for wheat, coal, and rubber, failed. Like the Medici, like Henry VIII, like Riche-lieu, a sovereign people undertook to subsidize bona fide creators...
...period of training at Squantum and at Pensacola the students receive board and room free and $54 a month; those commissioned and sent on active duty receive the pay and allowances of their rank during the time they are on active duty. Should, at any time, a student fail to meet the requirements of the course, he will receive transportation to his home and be given an honorable discharge from the Reserve...
...public might interpret Mr. Untermyer's attitude as hostile to the entire bill. During the lunch recess they mentioned this to Mr. Untermyer. When he returned to the witness stand after lunch, he declared: "I should consider it nothing short of a national catastrophe if this Congress should fail to enact stock exchange regulation at this time. I would take the bill as it is rather than see it passed by. I should like to see it modified, of course, but if it can't be, why then it should be passed. The time is for control...
...meetings or conduct laboratories, and the result in most cases is disastrous for the student. It is a necessity that a man be able to teach well and to conduct classes efficiently. Many of these instructors, because of their unfamiliarity with Harvard methods or pure lack of native ability, fail miserably in this most important part of college education. The solution lies in selecting men who can devote full time to their work, giving them a fair salary and opportunity for advancement. An instructor who knows he is only teaching temporarily with a mediocre salary naturally lacks the initiative that...