Word: fostering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Many editorial writers of college magazines and daily papers have discussed the contention of President Foster of Reed College that high marks in college courses are closely related with successful careers after graduation. President Foster has compiled a sufficient mass of statistics from the records of over a 100 colleges to prove that scholastic honors lead to achievement in the outside world, if mere statistics are to be regarded as conclusive proof...
...been reversed. Upon careful investigation and reference to impartial authorities, Lee, fighting for a lost cause and laboring under every disadvantage, must be considered equal, if not superior, to victorious Grant in the principles of military strategy and leadership. Therefore, on second thought, their example in reality supports President Foster's statement...
...strongest arguments to arouse the mediocre student who regards athletics as his only college interest is contained in a paragraph from President Foster's article: "So difficult is it for a student to change his habits of life after the crucial years (of college that not one man in twenty) years--not one man in twenty years--who was satisfied in Harvard College with grades of 'C' and lower gained distinction in the studies of the Harvard Law School." In this lies the kernel of the entire discussion concerning the value of high scholarship. The number...
President Foster has published convincing statistics. High scholarship in the majority of cases means success after graduation. How long will the undergraduate look through dark glasses...
...Foster, A. K., 1582 Massachusetts avenue...