Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Theobald Smith, discoverer of the cause of Texas Fever, who taught men to seek in insects the source of human plagues; he stands among the great benefactors of mankind...
...applicants for scholarships and other aids, co-operating in this work with the Committee on Scholarships. It is intended also that the Director of Scholarships shall serve as the adviser of students in all matters outside of their studies. He will appoint regular hours at which students may seek his advice...
...been to some extent overlooked. The College is the centre of all the schools; it has problems essentially its own. While graduate students come merely for advanced study, and in professors see little more than guides of thought, undergraduates in general have a broader purpose and in their instructors seek leaders of men. Accordingly, everything should be done that will break down the barrier unfortunately existing in most cases between Faculty and students. The system of advisers should be strengthened all along the line; the true solution may be the selection of younger men, who will feel a more thorough...
...setting up of that standard alone is of inestimable value. So long as he is told that any sixteen courses are, in the opinion of the college authorities, equivalent to any others, it is natural that he should often be careless in their choice, and that he should seek the path of least resistance. But when he is given a standard he is likely to feel a stronger motive for working not perfunctorily but well...
...great majority of undergraduates the change must prove a notable gain. "So long as the student is told that any 16 courses are, in the opinion of the College authorities, equivalent to any others, it is natural he should often be careless in their choice, and that he should seek the path of least resistance...