Word: idea
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that in addition to getting such information as is possible on general opportunities, that advantage be taken of the presence in Cambridge from time to time, of the representatives of business houses who are very glad to talk with men who are uncertain as to their career, with the idea that shopping around and visiting as many employers as possible will give definite pictures of different lines of business and will help toward making the final decision...
...students spent two very illuminating days in Shanghai. They came in to China with a confused idea that we would be in the midst of war's alarms. Instead of that we found order, peace, and a cordiality so eager and genuine that we carry away from Shanghai some of the most impressive memories of the cruise. Here, as in Japan, we find a devotion to education which surely must be significant of the intention of these ancient people to meet the West with western methods and western understanding. As one student expressed it, 'The manner in which these Chinese...
That Mrs. Phipps sure gave you a good idea. I budgeted it out for fun last night, and am certain you could get a lot of cheap advertising by putting TIME decoys on the subway...
...appropriate bill and the House passed it. For the Senate, Mr. Dill wrote a bill about a commission, and the Senate passed that. Committees of the upper and lower houses met, worked long, late. That consummate politician, Senator Watson of Indiana, labored for harmony. Harmony came, but the Senator idea, slightly anti-Administration...
...rigid selection at the close of the Sophomore year and its corollary: "A Junior certificate might be granted at the end of the Sophomore year and that regarded as a certificate of graduation and honorable dismissal for those who do not wish to pursue the university course further." This idea is carried still further by Professor Root of Princeton who recommends that only 50 to 75 percent of the entering class be retained as Juniors the remainder being eliminated on both competitive and comparative standards. These figures are not so startling as they might at first appear for an examination...