Word: standardism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With a geniality leaning toward flippancy, suave Mr. Cummings read an amiable 5,000-word paraphrase of standard arguments for the plan, submitted himself to some surprisingly mild questioning by the 18-man committee...
...unfortunate, I believe, to see such an eminent historian as Professor Langer, fall below his usual standard of clear-thinking in his recent article on "The Revival of Imperialism" appearing in the March Issue of the "Harvard Guardian". Professor Langer says, that "it has been shown over and over again and proved to the hilt with statistics that colonies are not a paying proposition." Does Professor Langer or anybody else suppose that colonies would be sought, and when acquired, maintained, if they were NOT paying propositions? Does anybody hang on to a hot potato, if it is burning his hand...
...acre campus and ten buildings in Babson Park, Mass. where all Babson activities in Wellesley Hills are concentrated. The Institute now has 130 students including sons of President Benjamin Fairless of Carnegie-Illinois Steel, President Clarence Francis of General Foods Corp. and Vice President Thomas L. Smith of Standard Brands. Each student has space in the general office, where he is supplied with Ediphones and secretaries. At nearby Wellesley College the Institute's students are called "Babson Babies." Another Babson Institution is Webber College, which introduces rich young ladies to the business world, functions in Boston's Charlesgate...
...world he writes of, he concocts tales that often leave a depressing brown taste in the mouth but seldom bore the palate while they are being swallowed. His latest novel-what a famous actress is really like, "inside"-makes entertaining reading, is well up to his high professional standard...
...interested in the esthetic side of music and would-be Freshman concentrators will be attracted next fall but repulsed at once because of the cut. One Professor and assistant to handle 125 men, let alone the present number of 300 is a task impossible to accomplish if any teaching standard is to be kept. Aside from Music 1, there is an insufficient amount of courses for concentrators and graduate students, so much has the staff been curtailed...