Word: functional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...education. Presumably a man goes to college not to learn a certain number of facts but to acquire intellectual independence, the power of thinking for himself. If faculties carefully sandbag expressions of opinion which run counter to capitalist interest, they betray that freedom of thought which it is their function to inspire...
...probably groan at the word, then pure science will develop better soap and shoes and sealing wax, and call the job complete. But if the university is to be something even higher than business could imagine something finer than business could really effect, then pure science will continue to function as an organism of honest research into the whys and wherefores of this odd, but necessary universe...
...Alfred E. Stearns of Phillips-Andover Academy wrote Chapter One. He has done no teaching in the 23 years he has been principal. His is a purely executive function. As the Phillips academies? have always eschewed the in loco parentis attitude, Dr. Stearns has had many dealings with parents whom he, more than most principals, may hold accountable for the early training of their sons. His chapter is on "Home Influence" and in it he remarks on the necessity for home discipline, the carelessness and lack of understanding of many modern parents, the large percentage of school derelictions...
Crosby, 1929 right wing, was absent, and the Freshman forward line did not function as smoothly as usual. The formidable Putnam-Tudor combination produced one goal in the first period, however, Putnam carrying through the defense and passing to Tudor who shot the rubber home...
...February of 1924 the Union held the first Valentine Dance as an innovation with the idea that a big social function coming at the end of the midyear period and on the eve of important athletic matches with other colleges would be received enthusiastically by its members. The fact that the limit of capacity was reached was considered sufficient reason for continuing the practice...