Word: major
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...English teacher be required to waste several years obtaining a Ph.D., if he has no interest in doing his research work in Philosophy? Such a man can prove as good a scholar along more modern and more unexplored lines. Granted that the academic side of teaching is the major consideration, the human or personal element must not be overlooked. For, unless a man puts his knowledge across to his students, he is merely a scholar, not a teacher. Again, should the political or social tendencies of teachers be permitted to affect their University position? If Harvard wants to practice liberality...
...always taken the view that the question of formal recognition of the Italian position in Ethiopia was one that could only morally be justified if it was found to be a factor-an essential factor-in general appeasement. . . . The peace of Europe must depend upon the attitude of four major powers-Germany, Italy, France and ourselves. ... If we can bring these four nations into friendly discussion and into the settlement of their differences we shall have saved the peace of Europe for a generation...
...unfamiliar clothes, rushed over to Stagehand, plopped a kiss on his nose and led him back to the winner's circle, the jampacked grandstands roared. Looking a little ill at ease without his whip, 39-year-old Earl Sande tipped his hat and grinned. It was his first major victory* in seven years as a trainer...
...Major J. ("Father") Divine, Harlem cultist whose followers believe he is God, has many "extensions" or "kingdoms." Chief one until last week was a three-story building, rank with human and culinary odors, which he rented on Manhattan's 115th Street. Why this kingdom had not long since collapsed was the wonder of any outsider who ever attended a meeting there, felt its floors reverberate to the rhythmic pounding of a thousand Corybantic Negro feet. Many a Harlemite believes the black "God's" following is dwindling. Last week Father Divine's chief kingdom, still apparently in good...
...year, pay him $75 a month, almost guarantee a defense force or airline flyer's job at the end of the course. Last week two other ways were introduced. Tennessee began sending out application blanks for five State schools, accommodating 500 ground pupils each, to be established at major airports. Tuition will be free to physically fit boys & girls over 16. And in the U. S. Senate, New Jersey's Democrat William H. Smathers put forward an $8,000,000 bill to provide 200 flying fields from coast to coast with airplanes, instructors, free schooling...