Word: standpoints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Accounts, Mr. Hirshfield, to conduct an inquiry on historical text-books. It is not now a super-idealization of our ancestors which is supposed to be a corrupt influence, but rather the interpretation of early American history from a violent pro-British or a treasonable pro-German propagandist standpoint...
...Ludlam's "King of Dougal Court". Mr. Ludlam's choice of words is generally so good, and he is so skillful in the management of his plot, that we rarely feel inclined to remember that the story is not actually new. It is effective from an emotional standpoint, and not by any means bad prose. For description, Mr. Cleaves' account of a bull fight is vivid, and effective. For sheer nonsense, "Hicks the Half Back" is undeniably funny, and the reader laughs shame-facedly in spite of his conviction that the article is rather beneath his notice. And the naive...
...From the standpoint of effective education it is not at all certain that this development can be viewed with satisfaction, says the article. There are many who believe that the large lecture course has been a weak feature of American university education. It precludes all chance of personal contact between the professor and his students; it means that much of the follow-up work must devolve upon assistants, says the bulletin, and adds...
From the coaches' standpoint, the cross-country candidates are invaluable material for the track team in the spring,. No better foundation can be laid for the half-mile, mile, and two-mile events, than the strength and endurance gained in a cross-country season, and if Harvard had been stronger in these events last year, how different would have been the results of the Yale and Intercollegiate Meets...
...camp courses are open both to engineering students and college students, and may count either for a college or an engineering degree. Although the instruction provides training which is required in some of the engineering programs, the subject matter is treated from the standpoint of making the courses desirable electives for those who do not intend to become engineers. The broader aspects of engineering and related economic problems are brought out; and the aim is to develop personal responsibility, efficiency and accuracy...