Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...minded person conclude that the fact "that Henry Ford received thirty-two votes on the first ballot for Republican nominee is a national joke (or disgrace) that should not pass without comment"? Surely such a conclusion should not pass without comment. The author fails completely in his effort to grasp the significance of the expression given by the votes of the delegates from Michigan and Nebraska. He sees but one side of the preparedness movement,--the military; while the delegates from Michigan and Nebraska were able to see the other side,--the economic. And Henry Ford, above all others, stands...
...operative effort in improving school management throughout the state. It serves as the great clearing house for Massachusetts educational thought and practice. The school committees thus have an opportunity of hearing the foremost authorities speak on all the phases of school problems, and are able to get a grasp of the correct principles of elementary and secondary educational methods of teaching. The officers of schools in all parts of the state also have unique advantages in becoming acquainted with one another in a social...
...special examination, which will test the student's grasp of his chosen specific field. The candidate will be expected to show a thorough understanding of the subject of this field; knowledge of the content of the courses only will not suffice. The examination will be upon a subject, not upon a group of courses...
...many instances the tutorial system has been looked upon as an imposition of an additional amount of work, which was not in itself of much importance. In fact it is an attempt to obtain real and not merely technical concentration. The student is required to obtain a thorough grasp of some specific field, and a general idea of the inter-relation of the various fields of history and economics...
Princeton, N. J., March 24. The Princeton negative debating team won unanimously from the Yale visiting affirmative team in Alexander Hall tonight. Through superior grasp of subject and more thorough preparation of facts bearing on the subject, the Princeton team received the decision of each of the judges. The case of the winning home team was based on the inefficiency of a large body of partially trained men, such as would be the inevitable result of the Swiss system of citizen soldiery...