Word: supplement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...students of France and the United States. The scholarships are continued as memorials to those 126 members of the A. F. S. who were killed, many of them Harvard men. M. Clemenceau gave the process of his student. American lecture tour to the committee, which is now endeavoring to supplement his contribution by a sum which will establish in perpetuity two fellowships to be known as the "Georges Clemenceau Fellowships". These will send one American student to France and bring one French student to this country...
These and similar donations are continually enriching the stacks of Widener. The library of Charles Eliot Norton, recently bequeathed by his daughter, is a natural supplement to the Longfellow and Lowell gifts, for Dr. Norton was their close friend and had a broad acquaintance among the great Victorian men of letters. His collection numbers personal volumes from Carlyle, Ruskin, the two Americans, and dozens of lesser writers. Professor Coolidge's annual report disclosed what sums are spent on acquiring new books; but huge fortunes and endless effort would be needed even to approach completeness. For most of the minor writers...
Hence, the main point emphasized is that the purpose of the new method is to supplement, not supplant, the old. The Department of Psychology at Yale after some experimentation, has adopted a plan whereby an examination is made up of two sets of questions of the objective type, to count one-third or one-half of the total mark, and a third division, containing old-style questions, to count two-thirds or one-half, as the case may be. In this way the originators hope to combine the advantages of both methods...
...Clemenceau made the American Field Service Association the beneficiary of the proceeds of his lecture tour in America. The officers of the association are now endeavoring to supplement M. Clemenceau's contribution by a sum which will enable two fellowships to be established in perpetuity to be known as Georges Clemenceau Fellowships, one to send an American student to France and the other to bring a French student to the United States. Their goal is to raise $600,000 for the permanent endowment of fellowships...
...legislators, our diplomats have been amateurs. And although we have been fortunate in having able men with private means to fill the high positions, the embassy staffs and consular posts are indifferently supplied. For diplomacy is an intricate business. Not only are statesmen required, but smooth-running organizations must supplement them. Skilful and energetic as our ambassadors may be, capable assistants are absolutely necessary...