Word: movement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...movement began with a questionnaire which was sent to 3,000 social eligibles, male and female, mostly of the debutante and young-bond-salesman age. Some of the questions were...
...mere fact that the scholars of the United States and Germany are willing to become a part of this movement proves that the effects of war propaganda have died out in the educated classes. Now that the number of exchanged students has reached an appreciable size, there are not sufficient funds to increase the fellowships and scholarships to the point that is necessary if the project is to progress. If the present tendency of giving money to educational institutions were given a broader scope, and extended to this field of intercourse with foreign students, a more equitable basis of relations...
There are at present many courses such as French 2, German A, la, and lb that are painfully dull and distasteful chiefly because of their elementary nature, but also as a result of the abridged text-books used. In the United States there has recently begun a movement to improve these educational editions for which the modern language department presents the most pertinent demands. As it is now, the books used create little but a dislike for foreign literature; whereas, if they were exchanged for complete editions, reading them would at least satisfy the curiosity of those who feel...
...student section of the Socialist movement one might hope to find a blending of youthful idealism and careful thinking...." Well, as far as we know, we are the only ones in Harvard College so youthfully idealistic as to be interested in the "Liberation of manhood theme," or in the failure of two Anarchist Wops to secure a fair trial. Surely, we are the only ones doing any careful thinking, for, as yet, the Crimson has failed to touch on the real issue: "Was or was not the leading article true...
...definite assumption on the part of the colleges of the responsibility for helping to reduce them has been tardy in appearing. At Harvard the situation has been met in the past rather haphazardly, and the report of the Student Council can be taken as evidence of a gratifying movement towards systematization...