Word: personally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only do these examinations set strict limits on the relationship between tutor and student. I believe that they are capable of exercising a very unwhole-some influence in respect to the kind of person chosen to fill the position, thus further impairing the contact I feel to be so important. Most young men who are enthusiastically concerned to become successful teachers, and who may by good fortune possess creative imaginations of their own, will not be content to labor long under the shackles of the traditional conception of literature and of these new examinations which extend its power...
...club's new sun bath room will be open to the members. The room is open every day from 10, to 7 o'clock. A special attendant is in charge of the baths and makes a test to determine the amount of exposure to the actinic rays that each person should have. Complete card records are kept of every treatment taken, thus eliminating the possibilities of over-exposure. The exposure to the ultra-violet rays will vary from two minutes for new patrons to a longer time for those who have become accustomed to the treatment...
...United States, the Oriental writer drew upon a custom of his own country for a solution, as he pointed out that "the trouble with America is that the people do not relax and meditate. Each person should forget his immediate worries for 20 minutes a day, and give himself up to a silent, restful consideration of the goal and purpose of life. Do you understand what I mean?" he asked. "Do not think; do not day-dream; meditate...
...Rosewood High School of Rosewood, Minn., party, he promptly squirted her in the eye and dress with a water pistol. Twelve soaked girls went home from a recent party, caught cold, were absent from school for a week. Parents protested. Last week the Rosewood school officials announced that any person carrying water pistols or other squirting apparati would be ousted from the school...
Italy has about 250,000 factories, of which less than 10% employ 10 or more persons each. Few good highways, little mineral resources and especially a paucity of coal mines hamper the factories. They must import almost all their raw materials. Expensive materials and frail employes explain why textiles constitute the chief manufactured products of Italy, why food products come next, why steel and engineering industries have progressed slowly. If Italy had at least cheap motive power for her factories, they could become larger, more numerous and more productive of diversified goods. And Italy has in her mountains great stores...