Word: human
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...borderlands of knowledge lying between recognized departmental fields. Here, likewise, is an imaginative conception which has sound, practical bearings. Both ideas are refreshing in that they ignore the bricks and mortar to which so much of recent educational funds in America has been devoted and regard only human beings, The group of especially gifted students, representing all the states, is counted upon to stimulate the minds alike of student body and faculty. The "university professors," answerable directly to the president, seem certain to attract scholars of ability and to test the intellectual standards of the university with a new vigor...
...letter maintains the Colonel is subject to ridicule before he commences a case. We believe that he is subject to this ridicule because of his lack of understanding of human nature and his officious egotism in determining such cases...
Despite our own point and those of the letters, we feel that Apted's lack of human understanding, his prejudice, and his narrow outlook make him an undesirable mentor for erring undergraduates. Consequently, we still urgently recommend his dismissal as Chief of the Yard Police...
...only should his successor possess ability and an understanding of human nature, but his post should become as important in practice as it is in theory. First, such an individual should organize the Yard Police on standards of efficiency and decency. Secondly, he should take over the duties of the Regent. Thirdly, he should have a seat on the Administrative Board. In other words, he should be a well-paid assistant to Mr. Hanford, who can intelligently aid the administration of undergraduate disciplinary policies and prevent the entanglement of Harvard in unsavory scandals...
...deplored," Mr. Packard stated, "that of all human ailments, the medical profession and the psychologists have given the least attention to the disorders of stuttering and stammering, especially when one considers that sufferers from those painful and embarrassing disorders number nearly one percent of humanity...