Word: gradualism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tutorial system and at the same time retain the distinguishing characteristics of American education has become a problem which domands a clear definition of aims on the part of the Harvard faculty. As Mr. Perkins indicates in his article in today's CRIMSON, the process of self development and gradual growth here has led to an impass. If the tutorial system is to continue it must cease to be a nebulous liason between the student and teacher and adopt the definite form of actual intellectual development...
Then again, with the exercise of a little ingenuity, the Turnstile Idea might be incorporated still further into traditional Harvard. With a gradual increase in the numbers of its students each year, the University might install special Registration Turnstiles in Memorial Hall, fitted to receive payment for term bills, Harvard Union memberships, and organized charity. Ten cents could be charged for the upkeep of this convenience and a slot modeled on the Subway plan could be arranged for its reception. Indeed if the Harvard of later years becomes definitely turnstile-minded, the obsequious machine might be put to good...
...major change in Prohibition policy. But the eyes of their leaders are looking for results not in the 72nd Congress but in some Congress to follow, perhaps ten Congresses from now. Men like Nominee Morrow expect no sudden revulsion of public opinion on this issue but rather a gradual grinding down, seat by seat, such as the primaries of 1930 have already shown to be in progress, of the Dry Congressional Majority...
...when Hamlin Garland was 24, he left his father's South Dakota farm and went to Boston, then U. S. literary capital, with $140 in his pocket. This book tells of his early struggles to become a literary man, his gradual progress, the famed friends, acquaintances, heroes...
...entrance of Mr. Hertz into the cab business was indirect, gradual. He began as a copyboy, became a sportswriter, then a manager of prizefighters, an automobile salesman, eventually an operator of private taxis for the Chicago Athletic Association. He started Walden W. Shaw Livery Co. (whited tires), later changed to Yellow Cab Manufacturing Co., founded the famed Hertz Drivurself Stations, Inc. When he started building cabs, he remembered having read that yellow possesses unusual visibility, stuck to that color. In 1925 he sold the manufacturing company to General Motors Corp., which changed the name to Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing...