Word: field
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Johns Hopkins University by which the students were permitted to enter the graduate schools at the end of their sophomore year rather than requiring the regular four year college course. The object of this innovation was to give the advanced student more time to devote to his particular field, thus acquiring greater efficiency. Now, at the end of three years, a report on the system declares that all of the men working under it are doing well. From the point of view of modern education, however, this project is at fault in that, despite the fact that it offers good...
...elementary material formerly done as undergraduate work. Using the medical school as an example, under the Johns Eopkins plan all knowledge of such fundamentals as biology, or anthropology must be gained in the graduate school, thus lowering the standards, and necessitating an extention of the course to cover the field fully...
...will seriously hinder them in formulating ideas in the true perspective of actual events. Instead of a step forward, the idea is a compromise between the old method whereby no degree was required, and the present system of demanding a foundation in the arts previous to entering any advanced field...
Baseball practice for the 1929 season began with a light workout of battery candidates at the Soldiers Field cage yesterday afternoon. The practice was short and was devoted to a light warming up of the candidates...
...autogiro's most valuable feature is that it can descend almost vertically, and on almost any sort of field...