Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Woman Suffrage and Politics (the "inner story of the suffrage movement"), by Carrie Chapman Catt, has been written for those whose hearts will thrill to every step of the march toward the polls...
After a prolonged session of bubbling and boiling, Princeton has emerged with academic freedom triumphant. In the words of the Daily Princetonian: "Never in all its cultural history has Princeton taken such an intellectual step forward." The change consists in the reduction of Junior and Senior requirements by one course, and the substitution of individual work, under the guidance of a preceptor, to be checked by comprehensive examinations on the major field of study. At the same time, provision is made to divide the regular courses between the special field and other departments. President Hibben has given voice...
...Intellectual Step Forward...
...Daily Princetonian, in its editorial comment tomorrow, will say; "Never in all its cultural history has Princeton taken such an intellectual step forward. The day of benevolent despotism fades into the background: from now on the compelling force will be individuality...
There is no reason why the college graduate who visits this "hinterland" should do so with the resignation of a martyr. He is not taking a step from which there can be no withdrawal. For he, like the young lawyer or traveling salesman, need not continue with his work if he finds it not to his liking. And if he does decide that the teaching of Syrians or of the "heathen Chinee" is as the reading of books--nothing but "a weariness of the flesh", he can return home with at least one interesting experience behind him--more than...