Word: mends
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...system; indeed, there were not a few places where the lines spoke with startling earnestness. But then we should be taking G. B. S. seriously and he himself would in all probability be the first to laugh at us for doing so. And after all, he suggests nothing to mend the situation he seems to deplore; the play starts nowhere and ends there. No, the man is an enigma, and must be enjoyed as such. Some day someone will write a volume about him, but we predict brain fever for the author...
...requirements will mend this condition somewhat, but a system which is an adequate judge of intellect, rather than of specialized cramming, has not been devised, in spite of experiments such as Harvard's "New Plan" and Columbia's "Psychological Examinations." These groupings, however, show that there is a greater realization of the need for new education standards. This realization is certain to bring more important results in the next few years...