Word: intellect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...parallel with the many eminent graduates of early years. The Technically efficient methods of the last three-quarters of a century have done much to develop the youth of inferior and average capacity; on the whole, they have apparently failed to call forth the full powers of the keener intellect...
...disgrace to this great University, that has turned out so many men of great vision as well as keen intellect, that our paper should be guilty of fanning the flames of hysteria by jumping to the conclusion that the fire at Worcester was the deliberate plot of Reds simply because "it is the suspicion of many officials" that "it was of incendiary origin." Suppose it was of incendiary origin, have we any right to conclude that "the finger of guilt seems to point to Bolshevism...
...function of a university, according to Cardinal Newman, is intellectual culture"; its duty lies in educating the intellect to "reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and grasp it." But a university must of necessity be hampered by the fact has it is practically unable officially to present to its students the opinions of men who are the leaders in modern affairs. Of course it can, and does, provide lectures by competent professors on every phase of present-day problems; but much good may be gained by supplementing these lectures with discussions by men and women outside...
...real thing for the student is the life and environment that surrounds him. All that he really learns he learns, in a sense, by the active operation of his own intellect and not as the passive recipient of lectures. And for this active operation what he needs most is the continued and intimate contact with his fellows. Students must live together and eat together, talk and smoke together. Experience shows that that is how their minds really grow. And they must live together in a rational and comfortable way. They must eat in a big dining room or hall, with...
...requirements will mend this condition somewhat, but a system which is an adequate judge of intellect, rather than of specialized cramming, has not been devised, in spite of experiments such as Harvard's "New Plan" and Columbia's "Psychological Examinations." These groupings, however, show that there is a greater realization of the need for new education standards. This realization is certain to bring more important results in the next few years...