Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lack of Competition...
...lack of academic competition in American as contrasted with the prevalence of this stimulating factor in European Universities, is attacked by president-emeritus Lowell in an article appearing in the June issue of the Harvard Teachers Record, which will be put on public sale today...
...lack of scholastic ambition," President Lowell writes, "and respect for scholarly attainment by the average American undergraduate has been due in part to the comparative absence of genuine and serious academic competition; in part to the fact that he has been inclined to believe that college grades as ordinarily given indicate diligence and decility rather than real superiority; while the faculties themselves have not been certainly have not tried to convince the public, that academic distinction is a harbinger of later success...
...hand are the colleges that complain of their freshmen who seem to know so little about organizing and using their time. On the other hand are the schools that see some of their graduates fail in college for lack of a firm but friendly hand to offer guidance at the psychological moment. The test of fitness for college, say the university authorities, is the ability of the individual to take purposeful advantage to his opportunities. Correct reply the school heads, but follow each boy individually, especially at first, until he becomes oriented; or, in other words, until he knows what...
Whether this prediction is true or false in for the moment immaterial. It represents another modeling in the affairs of a foreign country by one who shows a lack of sympathy if not understanding of the situation. Germany has the right and privilege of selecting any government, whether it be a military dictatorships, a constitutional sovereign, or a communistic society, as it sees fit, Few people seem aware of this. The people of the United States would not tolerate any dictation from another country as to its form of government and neither will the German people. That they have been...