Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...morning session, the speakers were Rev. Endicott Peabody, head-master of Groton School, and Mr. E. J. Goodwin, second Commissioner of Education in the state of New York. Speaking on "The Training and Responsibilities of Parents," Dr. Peabody said that everything in modern education depends on the influence of the home in regard to the intellectual and moral ideals of boys and girls. Parents should begin the training of their children early, and be more strict in refusing their children pleasures that will interfere with their school-work. There should be some real home interest in the life...
...Reverend H. B. Frissell, S.T.D. '00, principal, and Captain Allen Washington, drill-master, of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute of Virginia, will talk on the work of the school and will describe how it is helping in the solution of the race problems of the South, in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. Only members of the Union will be admitted...
...Conservatory orchestra and chorus, but also into its courses in 'ensemble' playing, choir training, and liturgical music. Those courses include historical and theoretical work as well as practical application. For regular attendance at any of the Conservatory courses, the University will allow credit toward the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts...
President Eliot spoke last, on the need in America for the artistic expression of the best music. Dr. Muck is a fine example of the German master of a single subject, a kind of scholarship that we of America need in all our work...
...stand with relation to the intellectual supply of the world, and on which side is the balance of trade in brains, in favor of Europe or America? Where does the student go who wishes to be a master in physics, in zoology, in psychology, or any other field of learning? Not to any University in America. The greatest scholars of the world today are found in German, France, and England, not in America. Of the 43 men of the whole world who are pre-eminent in the 20 major branches of learning, we name only three who are Americans: Professor...