Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Chamberlain Bill contains the best plan for such a program is a question. However, the principle of the policy is sound, and therein lies the salvation of our people, and the only safe defence for our country. A long period of investigation must follow before a specific, detailed scheme of training can be formulated. Since the principle is right such a system of training must finally be evolved...
...believes them sufficiently weighty to form the basis of a new education for youth after the present educational system shall have been swept away as faulty beyond amendment. The present system has not yet been over-thrown, but the attempt to construct a new one before destroying the existing scheme cannot be too highly praised...
They declare that young people "trained in this manner would be as destitute of culture as a Hottentot." In Dr. Flexner's scheme, one of the four fields of instruction is called aesthetics, and under this head comes the study of painting, sculpture, literature, and music. His plan is to give young people the power of appreciating art in its many forms and allow the creative ability to follow or develop naturally. The cultural side of this new plan is not wholly neglected, but approached by the single path of appreciation...
...command to get practically the entire class to room in the Yard. The encouraging number of this year's applications fifty more than can be filled at present, can be traced to the influence of the Freshman dormitories. This is one of the first evident instances where the new scheme of keeping the Freshmen together during the first year has proved superior to the old system...
...continue their work during the winter. The officials at Washington consider it possible that this proposed school may be sanctioned if enough men, particularly students, signify their intention of joining it. The purpose of Captain Milling's trip to Cambridge is to get men interested in the scheme and thus push the establishment of the training camp...