Word: research
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...osmoscope and its immediate applications to industrial problems are indicative of the highly practical research carried on in the Sanitary Engineering Department of the Graduate School of Engineering...
Like most fields of investigation in modern engineering research. Sanitaray Engineering makes application of the detailed knowledge of a great many different fields, such as Civil Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Bacteriology...
...heat and energy relation in the destruction of sewage matters has also been investigated; previous research has shown that the combustible gases evolved in the process of destruction may be burned as fuel to increase the temperature of the digesting organic material, and thereby hasten the digestion by stimulating the life activities of the organisms of decay...
...recent years the educational policy of the University has shown a tendency to favor research to the disadvantage of teaching. To some extent the emphasis of research over teaching has penetrated even the School, for there appears to be a marked stress on courses in educational science--all excellently presented by such first-rate men as Truman Kelley, Spaulding, and Wilson...
...reason why the School has not forged far ahead of its nearest rivals seems to be that the University as a whole has lately been functioning under a policy calculated in theory to strike a careful balance between research and teaching, but which in practice has tended to emphasize research. The Faculty idea that pure intellectual training and research should be the most important elements in the making of teachers shows to what degree the spirit of research has permeated University minds and out-balanced that of teaching. The weakness of the School in this respect appears one particular proof...