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Word: holt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...college that would give his son a "custom-made education, a complete job to specifications," and guarantee a result "superior to the usual quantity product." According to the story, as told in the Atlantic, a certain college president lacked the nerve to accept the challenge. But Dr. Hamilton Holt, president of Rollins College, accepts it and says he will do the job for his regular rate of only $700 per year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More New Kinds of Colleges | 1/25/1930 | See Source »

Rollins College, says Dr., Holt, offers the following...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More New Kinds of Colleges | 1/25/1930 | See Source »

...this method, says Dr. Holt, "we can guarantee the father to turn out a boy (and in a process that is altogether delightful to him) who will come within 95 per cent of what that particular boy's intellect is capable of achieving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More New Kinds of Colleges | 1/25/1930 | See Source »

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