Word: phenomenon
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...though the hardships of which American university and college professors complain are not a peculiar product of the American climate. The glaring discrepancy between the ever-rising cost of necessaries and a stationary remuneration for services recognized to be of the highest importance to the community is a world phenomenon...
...however, he should look into the matter thoroughly he could probably assign the cause of his missed opportunities to a poor understanding of his elementary courses. May we blame the instructors for this phenomenon? Considering the American system of education in its entirety it would be impossible to assert that preparatory courses are as generally inefficient as the information of the men would seem to indicate. And yet it is not right to place all the blame on the student. Perhaps the inducement to the intelligent appreciation of a course are not what they should...
...once. He was a hero who attended nine o'clock classes thrice a week. He was a demi-god who managed to get his breakfast beforehand. Most men never knew that the dawn bestirs itself more than three hours before noon. Only botanists and late wassalers had witnessed the phenomenon of dew upon the grass...
...Robert S. Hillyer, and "The Hour," by W. A. Norris--one hears at least an echo from the present upheaval of mankind. Otherwise, except for Mr. Hunt's contribution, everything might be going on just as usual outside of Harvard College. It is a curious, and rather disturbing, phenomenon...
...situation now stands with respect to the College, much initiative and some well-considered innovations in the entrance system are imperative if we are not to have the curious phenomenon of a college forming the nucleus of a national university...