Word: leader
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There are few surer tests-for fineness of intellectual fibre, and for that clearness of thought and expression which is essential to success and influence as a leader of men, than the test which is found in love for Greek and in proficiency in this study where the spirit of Athenian culture rules the class-room in which Greek is taught. [President Gates, of Rutger's College
...ordinary condition, he must be a bold man who would affirm." the author then goes on to say, that "there have been within the last fifty years two remarkable movements in popular education which have also largely modified the academical schools. In 1830, New England was the undisputed leader in American education. The system of training was fixed by the leading colleges and academies and was everywhere of the same type. The college curriculum centered on the classics and the mathematics, with marked attention to that type of mental and moral philosophy most in favor with the clerical class. Science...
...Goepp, '84, has been elected leader of the Pierian...
...until the finish, something like three and four yards separating the pair. As they neared the straight for the last time, however, George had increased the lead to five yards, and, although Snook struggled gamely, and at one time managed to get within a yard or so of the leader, George immediately went away again, and won, full of running, by a dozen yards. The times for the intermediate distances, as also for the full journey, were respectively as follow: Quarter mile, 1m. 5s; half mile, 2m. 13 4-5s,; 1,000 yards, 2m. 31 3-5s.; three...
...Joseph H. Clarke, the leader of the Assos Expedition, has returned to lay his report before the American Institute of Archaeology. He goes back to England in January to write his final report...