Word: master
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...compilation of a large pile of notes, he says, indicates a lot of work but is no sign that anything has been learned. To absorb knowledge a student must master his economics or history himself and not rely on pages of printed words to do the job, Perry points out whenever he is advising a pupil...
Columbia's home court is unlike any other in the Ivy League and is reputed to be the toughest in the circuit for a visiting team to master. Situated in an old-fashioned building with a tiny seating capacity, the Lions' floor is embellished with sideline posts and other interesting architectural obstructions...
...month ago, when Bonnard died (TIME, Feb. 3), little Edouard walked among the old men and women in mourning, and saw the master's coffin covered with earth. Edouard knew that Bonnard loved color more than anything in the world, and he had bought a bunch of carnations to go with the somber wreaths. Tucked into the vivid crimson of Edouard's carnations was a white card. A mon cher Maitre, said the hesitant scrawl, avec mon regret eternel...
...first of the recent U.S. teachers' strikes (TIME, Sept. 16), teachers got good news. A committee of three outside educators handed in a 33-page report recommending a drastically increased pay scale, beginning at $2,400. The "Norwalk Plan" also urged a new top classification of "artist" or master teacher. Pay for an artist teacher: $6,000 "and more...
When Smith College let in a few forlorn male G.I.s last September, the boys knew that they would have to abide by women's rules. But they hoped to change them. Ten male veterans, taking graduate work, were recently told that Smith would not grant them master's degrees. The college attorney had read Founder Sophia Smith's will on the subject, and after skipping through all the passages about the "influence [of women] in reforming the evils of society," concluded that the male animal was not on the mind of Feminist Smith when she made...