Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Faults and dangers le very plainly in the path of any extension of the principle of unlimited cutting. But overbalancing these faults and dangers lies the great principle of educational healthiness--the ideal that students and professors should stand on their own merits and not attempt to learn or teach by compulsion. Every step in the gradual extension of freedom in cutting is a sign of progress...
...Practical result" was taken to imply " success," and " success " was defined as " the achievement of an adequate and correct ideal." Elaborated further, this ideal was to be achieved in three ways. By " self-preservation (wealth), preservation of the race (valuable service), attainment of a position of authority...
...thing in which the coaches agreed, when interviewed yesterday, was that the sytem of part-time graduate coaches is not the ideal one for track work. In a sport like football the season is relatively short and men in business in the vicinity can often arrange to give their afternoons to coaching without seriously interfering with their work The track season is on during fall, winter, and spring, and it is practically impossible for business men to participate regularly in coaching work during the year. In such a system, also, a large amount of shifting necessarily takes place...
...honor as a man," he swore, " and as an adopted citizen of the United States, with all sympathy for other people in their struggles toward realization of an ideal of freedom, I declare that I believe the Republic of the United States of America is the best form of government on the earth today...
...loss is enormous, greater than was expected and, of course, greater than anything we have ever known before. From this experience we shall learn how to build houses which will to a certain extent, resist earthquakes in the future, and so we shall be able to reconstruct an ideal city. Permanent building materials are scarce though temporary wooden barracks are now being built by the Government and by the affected municipalities. Permanent building should be finished in about two years. Tokio was a very old city and it was not an ideal one, but now it will be like building...