Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...department of demagogics is much needed in every great university. It would fill a gap quite as impression as that filled by existing departments in the general field of the sense sciences...
...ball is unjust and unfair because it widens the gap between the expert and the dub. It may prevent a great player from turning your toughest course in a casual 66, but it will prevent many thousands of others-who make the game, make the galleries and love the fun-from turning in that joyous 89 that means so much...
Estes, Crimson lead-off man in the four-mile relay, handed over a five-yard lead to Fobes. Fobes, passed by Dean of Penn, left Hallowell ten yards behind McNiff; the star miler closed the gap to a stride with a sprint over the last furlong. Cobb, only a stride behind Penn's veteran miler the entire distance, ceded second place to Martin of Cornell on the last lap. Sutermeister, in the vault, seemed unable to command his usual power...
...fundamental blows and blocks are to be taught, all at half speed. One of the objects in view is to give experience to men who may be considering teaching boxing at summer camps. Also this exercise, which incidentally fulfills the Freshman requirement, ably fills in the gap between winter and spring sports. Coach Conley experts that quite a few men will come out who have been engaged in sports other than boxing, such as wrestling or swimming...
President Hutchins looks to university extension courses to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Seminars for professional men, he believes, would make adult education self-respecting, and might prove an equal benefit to scholarship. The obstacles in the way of effective adult education are obvious. Most men, while they will accept the pre-digested education offered by the radio, are not interested in advanced study requiring difficult thought. In the absence of any prospect of financial gain, there is apparently no sufficient incentive to sustained mental effort...