Word: higher
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...every year to give the men more definite reward for which to work; and thirdly, the ratification of the manager of the clubs by the Student Council, which will give more stimulus to manager candidates, because they will be assured of an absolutely square competition and of an authority higher than the manager to appeal to in case of dissention...
...philanthropy? If social service is to be made the equivalent of a college course, why call it social service--and, above all, why call it volunteer work? Perhaps, it is hide-bound conservatism that forces the Princetonian to take a reactionary view of this latest development of higher education spurting from the very fount of Knowledge; yet, the Princetonian is inclined to come forth with the anciently discredited dogma that to be philanthropic one must be inspired with a simon-pure love of mankind, undiluted by any expectation of future reward, be it diploma or otherwise...
Dean C. Worcester, F.R.G.S., lectured in Woolsey Hall on Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Aurelian Honor Society of the Sheffield Scientific School on the subject "Higher Education of the Present Contrasted with that of the Past, as Illustrated in the Philippine Islands." The lecture was illustrated by slides that Mr. Worcester had secured while working in the Philippines...
...strengthening the university professors position the new association bids fair to promote a higher professional spirit and to give a basis for a wider appeal in questions of moment. Since there exists in this country no central educational organ such as the Minister of Public Instruction in European countries, the American university is for the most part, a separate educational unit, regarding what goes on within it as its own private affair. One other distinctive feature is the part played by the president, who, though checked by a number of forces is the centre of power. In view of these...
...repertoire this year has included compositions by Haydn, Mozart, Gluck, Wagner, Humperdinck, Sibelius, Brahms, Gounod, Pierne, Elgar, and others. Perhaps Mr. Goldberg demands a higher standard than this...