Word: merite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...valuable for most of you to learn some thing about the great philosophers and their beliefs during your brief glimpse of the field, an individual subject, such as logic which Philosophy 1 discusses, may interest you. It lays the foundation for a new method of thinking, which always has merit. Unfortunately, if you are taking History 1, you will be unable to take this course since the hours conflict...
...have had no previous experience in public speaking these two courses merit your consideration. The chances are that you will have to speak at some occasion in the future and it is wise to be prepared. The chief benefit which you can derive from them is the practice of standing on your feet and talking to a group of people...
...institution which gives promise of remedying this lack of first-rate speakers is praiseworthy. The great merit of the experiment now being practiced at the Union is that it gives the speakers experience. The nature of the audience precludes the possibility of old, stock oratory. What is of vital importance in the early stages of such an experiment is that the topics be wisely chosen, with especial regard to their timeliness and general appeal. For this reason, the first subject, Resolved, That the New England States secede from the Union, is valueless, an utter waste of time to all concerned...
...resorting to the discarded alphabet method of learning to read by spelling out the words orally. This, Dr. Dearborn says, at least guaranteed the right direction of eye movements and their correlation with a sequence of letter sounds. For older children, typewriting has been utilized. This has the merit of being a bi-manual activity, and is thus suited to the ambi-dextrous...
...prize a writer needs an international reputation, a large body of work and a grey frost of years. It also helps if his country has not received an award for some time, because the Academicians at Stockholm like to strike a delicate balance between diplomacy and recognition of literary merit. Once it decided that Italy was due for an award, the Nobel Prize Committee was of necessity limited in its choice to four men: Poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, Estheticist Benedetto Croce, Historian Guglielmo Ferrero, Playwright Pirandello. Drama lovers the world over were highly pleased at the final selection...