Word: fits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...babies are troublesome creatures. But they are inevitable and their existance cannot be scorned. The tutorial system already has the college at its feet. The faculty also must bow to reality. Lectures must be made to fit the needs of a college under such a system--and they must be vital. For the college mind is a critical mind in a critical age. By giving birth to the tutorial system the University has made one more contribution to the needs of contemporary living the present duty of the University is to make its elder brothers, lecture and class, as useful...
...them all as inadequate and turns to an appreciation of learning based on the development of four qualities in youth--vitality, courage, sensitiveness and intelligence--four characteristics which he believes are the necessary fundaments on which to build the best manhood. And he would cut all educational systems to fit those patterns. If education does not make for the vitality which predicates that pleasant existance which is devoid of envy. If it does not make for that courage which allows a man to understand his world, if it does not further a sensitiveness to the best in life--which often...
Even the concert last night has failed to cure my cold and after I have munched my coffee roll and duly recognized the decadence of these times as reflected on the front page of the Herald I shall be in no mood for ought but snuffling. "Le Misanthrope" should fit my temper at 10 o'clock and in Sever 23 I shall be able to think of a dinky little provincial troupe of actors who once played their Moliere at Grenoble in such a way that I minded not my complete ignorance of the tongue. Or I can find...
There are also a number of specialized occupations which fit men for some particular line of work. It is usually true that a man who wants a particular job in a particular industry can secure it if such jobs exist. The chief thing for him to determine is what he wants to get out of his summer; whether he wants to make money and gain experience or what not, and as soon as he has determined this, the line of action which he will take which will give him the job he wants, will become increasingly obvious...
...have read the "Reckless Lady" in the Gibbsian original, then don't go to the Metropolitan to see it, as it has been very much adapted to fit Holywood requirements. However, if your pleasure won't be marred by not recognizing the tale, then...