Word: field
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...purpose of the Wilmer Institute, though it is a trifle premature at this time to propound the theory that an institute just dedicated already outranks the great clinics of the world, that have cared for many people, have trained many first class men and where monumental advances in the field have been made. A man is commonly supposed to be famous, not for equipment that he owns, but for his accomplishments. The greatest ophthalmic surgeon of the country should be exceptional either in his technical skill or in the contributions he has made to knowledge of the subject...
...Langley Field...
...reclassification of printed material on business is being prosecuted by the Library under the supervision of W. P. Cutter. Most of the existing classifications of such material were developed before business came to be conceived of as a science or a field of study, and before any large literature had been developed in that province. The new classification, for which financial support is being supplied by the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Foundation, is being prepared with the collaboration of librarians in charge of special business material, such as those in libraries of New York banking institutions...
...unfortunate aspect of this fading power is not that Harvard will eventually lose its firm grasp on the American stage, but that what was once a fertile field of capable dramatists has suddenly become barren for want of cultivation. The tradition which established theatrical activity has fortunately not had time to become extinct as is definitely indicated by the recurring undergraduate efforts to cause some sort of dramatic revival. But the impetus necessary to materialize these feelings must come before the fire is smothered in the obliterating blanket of opposition and neglect...
...fall season just completed has been of entirely informal nature, coming to its conclusion with the annual handicap meet on Soldiers Field. In this event several promising University and Freshman candidates made excellent showings, some of them from scratch...