Word: higher
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...service and its use by men and clubs. They would thus thoroughly learn its problems and methods; and those showing the greatest interest and ability could be elected members of a House Committee or other body. Within this committee the competition could be continued for certain of the higher offices...
...safe to grant that this criticism is correct; yet the founding of a state university is sure to prove a clumsy and extravagant solution of the problem. The present provisions for higher education in the state do not fall short in one large requirement, but in many small ones. The fifteen or sixteen colleges in Massachusetts provide a regular course of study well above the average. The duplication of such equipment occasioned by a new University would be a total loss to the state. The same is true of such institutions as medical, divinity, and law schools. The place...
Early in August the members of the party will meet at Ouray, Colorado, Going into camp at once, they will begin the systematic study of a portion of the San Juan Mountains. This will continue for three weeks and then an experimental trip will be made through the higher mountains...
...paternalism, towards a lessening of individual responsibility and freedom. But the tendency of the day is universally towards guidance and help to the average man at the possible expense of the single genius. The "make or break" theory is no longer in fashion. Therefore, all innovations making for a higher general average of undergraduate efficiency and success are to be considered as in line with progress...
...Winthrop Ames and his New Theatre, in New York, and the Toy Theatre and Mr. John Craig in Boston are striking examples." Professor Ordynski also highly commends Professor Baker's 47 Workshop and the Dramatic Club as he feels that they are institutions striving seriously to accomplish something higher in dramatic...