Word: higher
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...college man must show that he is in sympathy with masses and understands their problems in order to give back to the state what it gives him of higher education." That is the educated man in politics must not consider whether a law will help his friends and his class in life, but whether it will be beneficial to every class--to the farmer as well as the banker, and the mechanic as well as the manufacturer...
...Hibben in his speech Thursday afternoon opening the work of the 167th year of Princeton University said that some marked changes would be made this year in the undergraduate courses of study, the aim being to help the man who is anxious to study and put him on a higher plane than the man who lacks ambition...
...Owing to a more earnest desire on the part of our undergraduates to rise above mediocre and average attainment, we are confident that the result will show not merely a higher group mark in examinations, but also a greater independence of judgment, a more critical discrimination, a more profound sense of values, and the acquisition of more systematic and sustained habits of thought. With such training our men will be better prepared to meet the serious responsibilities of life and will prove of greater service to their day and generation." --(The Transcript...
Under the auspices of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Lowell Institute Evening School for Industrial Foremen offers two courses in industrial science, one mechanical and the other electrical, each extending over two years. They are intended for young men in industrial pursuits who desire to fit themselves for higher positions. No fee is charged...
...speakers of the evening President Lowell, the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence. Professor R. B. Merriman '96, and P. B. Potter '13. It is hoped that all new men will find it possible to attend this meeting as it affords an opportunity to come into closer contact with the higher administrative officers of the University...