Word: formals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hand-picked fellows of the Graduate School of Public Administration, which is housed in the Littauer Center, to carry forth into the world the results of their research. For as Dean Williams has said, the emphasis of the School will be upon investigation and research rather than upon formal instruction. Through the agency of the Littauer Center, a distinct attempt is being made to direct work in the social sciences at Harvard more effectively towards the larger problems of policy and administration with which our government is confronted...
This distinct stressing of research is a unique approach to the problem of training men for government service, the primary educational end to which the School is dedicated. Since its student body is composed of highly-educated graduate students, there is little need for further formal instruction. They will benefit more from doing research on various problems and then discussing them with consultant experts in seminars. In this way the individual student gains much knowledge. Furthermore, by the publication of the results of its research, the School believes it will add to the general store of knowledge and further justify...
...strong wind might blow him down. His face is thin and fine, its profile especially delicate. He wears his greying, thinning hair brushed back without a part. Joyce reads and writes sprawling in bed or on a couch but he does not like it known. He is very formal in public, in restaurants prefers straight-back chairs in which he sits bolt upright...
Sponsors of the inter-House event expect representatives from several of the tutoring schools to attend. A short formal debate, including two ten-minute cross-question periods, will be followed by a forum open...
...formal debate will consist of two eight-minute speeches, each followed by ten minutes of cross-questioning, and two five-minute rebuttals and summaries...