Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...printed notes would be incalculable. The lecturer would be free to give full play to his enthusiasm for the subject, interpreting here, illustrating there, and inculcating the relation of his particular field with the philosophical scheme of things. The student would be free to absorb all this and grasp the far-reaching implications of the subject as well as the logical pattern of its factual basis, as provided by the notes. Lectures could become a means of enjoyment and intellectual satisfaction, rather than a mere frantic wearing-out of pencils...
CRIMSON candidacy does not prevent a man from being academically or athletically active and sound. It drains not on the time now spent on these pursuits but rather on the mass of time that is now being wasted. It teaches, in addition to a firm grasp of English and correct and clear grammar, the ability to see what goes on, to diagnose what happens, to think accurately, in order to get the facts well set in mind, and the absolutely unguided use of initiative in asking pertinent questions...
Unfortunately for England, this courageous program (the education of every child according to his abilities) was rendered partly unrealizable, for the time at least, by the financial crisis which still holds the nation in its grasp. The act itself, however, remains upon the statute books, and many of its most important provisions are in operation. The provision that 60 per cent of the salaries of teachers shall be paid by the Central Board, for example, still enables local boards to keep the standard of teachers high; while the provision that the Central Board may reduce the promised 50 per cent...
...those who keep up with their work until November hours and grasp the subject by that time, the rest of the course will be easy. Good marks at the hours will carry one through. It is only difficult if the first weeks' reading is neglected...
...scaling is bound to be less than successful in the concrete Lewisohn Stadium, hemmed in by ugly apartment houses and the unimpressive buildings of the College of the City of New York. When William Blake made his drawings of the Book of Job, he took the universe in his grasp, peopled it with supermen and angels. Save for Dancer Shawn, operatically devilish as a deep green Satan, the Denishawns did little more than suggest Blake's eloquent figures. Composer Williams' score was politely modern, lacked movement...