Word: research
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...omitting class work on Saturdays will meet the demand expressed by many students, not only for a vacant period specifically allocated to the preparation of reports, but also for more time to digest the material covered in the various courses and to pursue individual lines of inquiry and research...
...National Academy of Sciences, with aid from college presidents, foundations, manufacturers and Secretary Hoover, had launched a campaign for 20 millions to devote to independent scientific research...
Pure Science. Much Federal and State money is spent on applied science. But the raw material of applied science is pure science?research. The burden of pure science research is borne chiefly by colleges and universities. They need help. They will get help. The present ratios of ten to one in men and twenty to one in dollars for applied science compared to pure science constitutes a "challenge."?Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover...
...mysteries of nature are probed in Sir J. C. Bose's institute not by study of libraries or mechanical experiments, but primarily by communion with the unseen and unknown. Inspiration, imagination, intuition, vision?this is even a more romantic touch." All of which is ridiculous. "The passage from pseudo-research to the infantile fancies is an easy one."?Dr. Daniel T. MacDougal, Carnegie Institution...
Professor Rand is now in France devoting his time to research work in the libraries of mediaeval monasteries...