Word: higher
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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From recent investigations carried on by the National Board of Education, it bas been found that one out of every forty college graduates now living has attained recognized distinction of some sort in the country; and that one in every ten thousand, who have not received the benefit of higher education, has attained similar success. The classification of 15,138 conspicuous Americans whose names appear in Appleton's Encyclopaedia of American Biography shows the following result: College Graduates. From Academies. Non College Percentage of College Men. Scientists, 341 25 164 64.30 Educators, 625 42 345 61.76 Clergymen...
...time has passed, various defects of the museum building have been brought to notice. The principal one is the lack of light, preventing any proper appreciation of the new paintings, which must be hung on the walls. Professor Moore recommends the construction of a new higher roof, and the removal of the present horizontal ceiling,--changes which would at once give sufficient light and improve the appearance of the building. Better facilities for unpacking and storing objects for which no permanent place has been arranged, would greatly enhance the convenience of this work...
...least a strong tribute to the theory of immortality that it developed as primeval mankind developed into higher types, it is a still stronger tribute to its reasonableness that in the evolution of species it is first found in the highest types. The lower animals have no idea of death or a future life; it is only in the most intelligent mammals, and in man that it is found...
...were on good terms with all sorts of people, instead of assuming so often our own superiority. The rank and file turn out a pretty good sort of people, and to associate with them good naturedly and intelligently only tends to broaden our horizon, and to give us a higher appreciation of what life really...
...annual convention of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Middle States and Maryland will be held at Philadelphia Friday and Saturday of next week under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. There will be three general topics discussed. These are: (1) The question whether the higher education of women should differ from that of men, (2) the way American universities and schools should best prepare men for public service, and (3) oratory and debating. The last topic most concerns Harvard, as it it under this head that a number of Harvard men will speak. To each...