Word: growth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last generation from one-half of the population, the men from one small group of the population the college-bred, from one small geographical area, the northeastern section of the United States; from one small group of occupations, the professions." In reply to the criticism that the recent growth of the West makes a study of general nineteenth century talent unfair, Prof. Nearing chose 200 men in "Who's Who" who were born since 1870. The result was substantially the same...
...Princeton's growth on it s physical side has been paralleled with an equal increase in the university's intellectual resources. Ten years ago the faculty number 46 professors, 11 assistant professors, 4 lecturers, 35 instructors, and 5 assistants, a total of 101. At that time the academic budget for salaries along amounted to $195,135. For the academic year 1914-15, the faculty numbered 72 professors, 10 assistant professor, 39 preceptors, 48 instructors, and 22 assistants a total of 195. The budget for this teaching staff now amounts to $401,310. The present teaching staff has therefore grown...
...growth of this interest, too, has greatly, altered the physician's relation to society. He is no longer concerned with individuals alone; his action must be determined by their effect upon the whole community. And so though the more conservative element of the country was shocked by the recent action of a Chicago surgeon, who decided to allow a baby to die rather than perform an operation that would have given it a life of helpless misery, the incident but illustrates one of the big problems that physicians everywhere are being called upon to face in a new light. Their...
...These camps have now been in operation for three successive summers. In their growth and admirable management during the past two summers of 1914 and 1915, they have more than fulfilled the expectations of those endorsing them, based on the first year's experience in the summer of 1913. The camps of 1913 and 1914 were, held before the breaking out of the great war abroad, which has brought into greater prominence than before their value to the nation...
...universities of India are now to be included among the great universities of the world. According to the latest report of H. Sharp, Esq., for the government of India, the growth in both the internal and external life of the colleges of this empire in the last two years has been phenomenal. In 1912 there were 28,196 students in the arts colleges; in 1913 the number increased to 32,049; at the close of 1914 it was 37,520. There are now 125 arts colleges in India, and in two years the students in government colleges alone have increased...