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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...humanitarian work. Dr Nansen received this year the Nobel Peace Prize and he is without doubt one of the foremost figures among the active workers of the league of Nations. He is said to be an excellent speaker and to possess a perfect command of English...
...standing in this daily work be required. The latter requirement is, perhaps, necessary if Columbia wishes to teach those alone who have a "B desire" to learn. But obviously the plan must include some system of frequent classroom examinations or quisses to determine who does and who does not possess that desire. And furthermore to make the diploma really valuable, it must include some form of general examination at the close of the college sojourn to ascertain whether the student has assimilated and related the facts which he has learned...
...system is built on three fundamental premises: the graduate of the ordinary technical school, the alumnus of the liberal college, and the self-made man each lack something that the two others possess, and each possess something that the other two lack. In order to combine these qualities, President Morgan has established a six-year course at Antioch, in which the student studies half of the time, and works the other half in Dayton or in a neighboring town. Although the title of President Morgan's speech is "New movements in education," he will doubtless expound the Antioch system, which...
What I have seen in Europe makes me more determined than ever to devote whatever powers I possess to bringing our Government back to the people and to spend the balance of my life in combatting with renewed energy the forces that are tending to undermine and destroy in the United States the American tradition of government by the people...
Abrams has invented numerous other machines. After the diagnosis is made, treatment is applied by the " oscilloclast." This is based on the principle that specific drugs possess the same vibratory rate as the diseases for which they are effective. By turning on the proper rate for a few treatments the "oscilloclast " clears " the disease. The machine is not for sale, but is leased for $200 down and $5 a month to Abrams graduates who will sign a contract not to open the apparatus. Other Abrams devices are the " electro-concussor;" the " biodynamometer," for determining "the potentiality of human energy...