Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...strict in handling a game. At present many games are being won from the foul line instead of from the floor. A uniform type of official who will speed up the action is needed; and I believe that the meeting at the end of the month is an excellent step toward the solution of the problem...
...President Coolidge and Mr. Hoover emerge from the White House, step into an open White House motor, roll down the driveway, turning east on Pennsylvania Avenue...
From Georgia to New England is a long step, but President Pelley was stepping even farther than that. He was born in 1878 at Anna, Ill. He began railroading as Illinois Central station clerk at Anna (1899). There followed many years, many promotions, until, in 1924, he became vice president in charge of operations. In 1926 he left the Illinois Central to become president of the Central of Georgia?an Illinois Central subsidiary. No salary statement was given out by the New Haven. It is believed that Mr. Pelley received $40,000 a year as head of the Georgia road...
Undoubtedly, this project Johns Hopkins has adopted has given the graduate students a thorough knowledge of their profession, but their lack of a sound cultural background will seriously hinder them in formulating ideas in the true perspective of actual events. Instead of a step forward, the idea is a compromise between the old method whereby no degree was required, and the present system of demanding a foundation in the arts previous to entering any advanced field...
...vital question raised in this article is whether the conventional course can be entirely discarded, and if possible whether such a step is after all advisable. The very nature of the proposition, as the writer clearly points out, implies that practically all instruction would be individual, since formal class meetings would be done away with. The difficulty of securing an adequate supply of instructors with the proper qualifications, something absolutely essential to the success of the system, is a serious obstacle to its materialization. Moreover, the expense herein entailed makes the possibility of its introduction on a large scale still...