Word: interests
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...open up an entirely new field of thought to the student, and can help to jolt loose many of the biases that have been based on ignorance. It can give him some ability to pick the right material for future reading, and more important still, awaken a new interest in him which will lead to a desire for more of this type of reading, even if it is only the political news in the daily press. Finally, by starting this train of consequences, it should enable him to vote more intelligently and take part in discussions with greater ability...
Mims was "particularly encouraged" by the widespread political interest shown in the last election by "every Tom, Dick, and Harry . . . rich man, poor man, beggar...
Lastly, it is true that many men in other fields develop an interest in the social sciences during their college careers and come to see the value of these subjects, so that if the requirement was put off until Junior year, it might be passed off voluntarily by many, without a feeling of compulsion...
Marking the first appearance of these organizations this season, the concert has aroused considerable interest among music lovers for the wide range of works to be presented...
Deans and Professors of the University also provide an exceedingly touchy problem. There seems to be an opinion current among some of the older members of the Faculty that any distinguished teacher with an interest in religion has the right to hold forth in morning chapel. But too often aptitude for religious expression and profundity of religious thought do not accompany mere interest in the subject. Approaching the same problem from a different point of view, there are faculty members whose chapel talks are brilliant; Professors Mather, Munn and Hopper are in this category. Because of the supposed necessity...