Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inaugurated here next fall in accordance with a plan similar to that outlined above. The popularity which it has experienced at those places where it has been tried, and the fact that it is to be adopted at other institutions next year, augur well for the game's success here. The Princetonian
...have had enough experience already to convince us that the office does not seek the man. There is no hope for democracy unless intelligent and honest men run for office, and they will have little success in the race for office unless they are trained for it." Stating thus, in an article written for the CRIMSON, the problem which confronts those anxious for good government, T. N. Carver, David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy, makes a frank appeal for a "department of demagogics" to train men for winning the public favor. Professor Carver's article follows...
...seek the man. So long as educated and virtuous men play the role of the shrinking violet public offices will be filled by the uneducated, the self-seeking and the corrupt. There is no hope for democracy unless intelligent and honest men run for office. They will have little success in the race for office unless they are trained for it. They will not be well trained unless colleges and universities train them...
...insistence of the Law School authorities on the experimental nature of the new project augurs well for its success. Society has found the crime evil a knotty problem through the ages; to give a problem new names, to classify it as sociological or a task for students of human relations, will not solve it. The Criminal Law Institute, frankly seeking the aid of other departments of the University, bids fair to turn out well-grounded and trained administrators who should be of distinct benefit to the communities in which they serve...
...there is now no such requirement the success of the proposal is more doubtful but none the less possible. The superiority which men who have had this training will show over the beneficiaries of the spoils system or of the present inadequate civil service examinations, may force even a politician to appoint for ability rather than personal service. Since this method of offering such a course as this has never been tried before, it is impossible to predict the outcome, but the importance of the service concerned leads one to expect success. At any rate there can be no doubt...