Word: researchers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That the Doctor's degree is largely a teacher's degree stands out clearly. More than three quarters of those whose names are here listed are or have been teachers, almost all of them in universities or colleges. Next in number come men engaged in research apart from teaching, but it is noteworthy that the list includes 18 clergymen, 15 presidents of universities or colleges, 14 men engaged in editorial work, seven librarians, six physicians, four men in diplomatic or consular service, two members of Congress, two United States Senators, and a Prime Minister of Canada. There are also several...
...Canada is represented, as well as a dozen countries of Europe, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, the Canal Zone, Egypt, South Africa, India, China, and New Zealand. Through such a wide distribution of its Doctors Harvard University exercises a powerful influence over methods of instruction and research and the training of these men is surely one of the most important services performed by the University...
...number of degrees has shown a steady increase: between 1873 and 1909, 608 degrees were conferred: between 1909 and 1916, 355: between 1916 and 1926, although the number naturally declined during the war years, 543. These figures undoubtedly reflect a growing appreciation of the importance of training in research in all the many fields of knowledge...
Soon all delegates were busy plowing through 500,000 wards of research material provided by the League Secretariat. No delegate has any power to act for his Government. All are met for full and frank discussion...
...other 1% takes advantage of the practice and the store may lose on the deal, but the loss is compensated by keeping the others satisfied." Because two years ago 12% of gross volume of department store sales was returned by dissatisfied customers, the University of Pittsburgh is conducting research to learn just who is at fault-customer or merchant. Data so far accumulated indicates that one is wrong as often as the other...