Word: rapidity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This system reduces the student from an individual to a mere absorber of knowledge. The University of Chicago hopes to develop an individual by its method of advancement by achievement." A brilliant student, unhampered by the indolent, will be able to make extremely rapid progress and he will have the advantage of personal contact with the professors. This type of education will require a faculty that is not only learned but that can teach as well. It is a glorified tutorial system...
Concluded Reporter Powell: "Right now the situation here for newspaper men when they are challenged with 'Quien Vive?" is to answer 'Whom are you Viveing?', for changes are rapid...
Died. Richard Floyd Clinch, 65, president of Crerar Clinch Coal Co. and of the Chicago Auditorium Association, vice president of Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee R. R. Co. and of Chicago Rapid Transit Co.; of heart disease; in Chicago...
...Among many other efforts, one like hers was created by one William Deal and exhibited in the 1929 Aeronautical Exposition of the American Legion in Manhattan by Curran Machine Works of Long Island City. Other methods under experiment are:1) to reduce the speed of the exhaust gases by rapid cooling and 2) employment of sound-absorbing material in the muffler -with the corresponding danger of the material catching fire...
Shooting is at 200 yards, slow and rapid fire. Competitions are conducted in winter and spring for National Rifle Association qualifications for marksmanship, sharpshooter, and expert...