Word: manual
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...problems and opportunities of group life and a greater willingness to share their talents with their brothers of the younger generation. Social work has become a recognized college activity, in which, a man may give expression to whatever gifts he possesses, as gymnasium leader, boys' club director, boxing instructor, manual training and woodwork instructors glee club leader, or dramatic coach. An immediate opportunity is now being presented in the campaign of the Elizabeth Peabody Settlement House of the West End of Boston for leaders in these and similar branches of activity. The work calls for only an hour...
...marked contrast to the university students of Western Europe and America, only five percent of whose fathers are engaged in manual labor the students in the Soviet education system are drawn chiefly from factories and farms. Admission to the Rabfac, or Workers' Faculties, corresponding to our secondary and preparatory schools, depends upon three years' employment in industry. The number of the Rabfac students, whose stipend is paid by the government, is considerably over thirty thousand...
...slightly suggestive of the playing fields, is refreshingly free especially as regards the Senior appointees from that wholly athletic appearance which characterizes most rolls of honor of undergraduate selection. The new members are thoroughly representative, and have all demonstrated their capacity for work other than that of a purely manual character...
...country to train themselves as beauty specialists, particularly in hairdressing and manicuring. . . The environment is not of the best. It is a profession. There is no reason why the schools should not teach the profession to these girls and young women. . . . It is just as important as work and manual training...
...buildings, valued at $500,000. There are a high school (enrolment 261) and a college (266) ? both coeducational. Tuition and board come to $82.50 for each of the four semesters into which the twelve months are divided. The curriculum includes: accounting, agriculture, banking, business law, insurance, manual arts, home economics, in addition to the usual classical subjects. Graduate work and the M. A. degree can be taken...