Word: rapidity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...major defects of the elementary schools arises from the calibre of the teachers which they attract, and the attitude these teachers have toward their work. The rapid turnover in collegiate faculties probably is surpassed by the lower schools. The chief reason for this is of course, financial, since the low salaries of the profession makes it distasteful or impracticable to many for whom it would otherwise be a congenial lifework. As a result, most teaching positions in the lower schools are filled by women, to most of whom, teaching is merely a temporary occupation before marriage. This fact naturally reflects...
Porter names eight lines of business in which Astor engaged; the two most usually connected with his name are Manhattan real estate and the American Fur Company. Astor was one of the first to bank on Manhattan's rapid growth. In 20 years he invested well over $700,000 in Manhattan property. "The funds employed came almost entirely from the profits of Astor's China trade, which, in its turn, had been based principally upon his success as a dealer in furs, and also as a general merchant...
...School of Engineering the graduate students have been increasing more rapidly than the undergraduates, and considering the large number of schools for the latter in this country it would seem that giving a higher and more rapid teaching to graduates will be our line of greatest usefulness. More than twenty years ago, when the bequest of Gordon McKay was received, the Governing Boards voted to turn the Lawrence Scientific School into a graduate School no one at the time, apparently, observing that this might be inconsistent with a provision in the will that instruction under the fund must be "kept...
That the School of Engineering is heading rapidly toward graduate status is given official recognition in President Lowell's annual report to the Board of Overseers. "Graduate students in the School have been increasing more rapidly than the undergraduates,"' the President states, "and considering the large number of schools for the latter in this country it would seem that giving a higher and more rapid teaching to graduates will be our line of greatest usefulness...
...crop. Most tobacco growers are tenant farmers. Their whole living for the next year is the cash they get at the auctions. Quiet and softspoken, the farmers at Owensboro listened to the auctioneer's jargon as last week's sale began.* The farmers understood this queer, rapid language perfectly; the quiet was short-lived. Tobacco began to sell at an average of $4.61 a hundred pounds against last year...