Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...number of experiments to this end have been carried on both in Europe and the United States with the idea of making the airplane independent of landing fields. If the attempt to produce the machine is successful, it would revolutionize the art of flying, and make possible the "back yard" machine which every man could own as he now owns his automobile...
...play is a welcome contradictor to the too patent idea that all modern stage productions must end happily it that were its only recommendation, it would command the attention of people who desire art at the theatre...
Many of the paintings were made by Dr. Ross himself, and, although they are in the nature of experiments, and exemplify some particular idea, they are charmingly artistical in themselves. There are also several copies of the old masters, showing the different modes of representation in painting and drawing...
There are but two ways to satisfactorily meet this situation: the faculty must either give up the idea entirely and return to the high school theory of nothing but assigned lessons, or it must put the tutorial system on a sounder basis. To make it successful would mean a diminution in the required classroom routine and a decrease in the number of tests to compensate for the added individual work. Such a change would increase both the opportunity and responsibility of the student. Certain men would no doubt waste extra time given them; they are the same men who absorb...
...work will be outlined at this meeting so that the candidates may get an idea of their duties before the actual practice starts. On Monday all the candidates for the two teams will meet in Boston at the Y. M. C. A. Pool to hold their first practice...