Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...announcement of the new plans of the International Council cannot fail to be of interest to those who are concerned with the task of giving the foreign students of the University a pleasant introduction to Harvard life. In the two years of its existence the Council has striven to offer those men opportunities for a social intercourse which they might otherwise find difficult to get in their new environment. In this capacity it has done much to break down the feeling of isolation and strangeness with which the foreign student is confronted...
...close connection with the theoretical study of the process of learning and the problems of teaching and class management as a means of stimulating and guiding the learner. Assignments to practice positions in the schools are made after three weeks of preliminary study in the course. The first task of the practice teacher is to observe classroom work. As soon as the student becomes familiar with the work of the class to which he is assigned, he is permitted gradually to participate in the teaching. At the end of the year most of the teachers will be in full charge...
...with its experience and knowledge be allowed to step into house affairs so far as to regulate athletic organization? So far this problem has received relatively little attention, but it is to be hoped that when the time comes the House Masters will turn the task of straightening out house athletics to the H. A. A. BY TIME...
...goal of the Library is still a long way off, especially in its lack of adequate foreign material. According to one member of the staff, the Baker Library may be said to have passed adolescence and is approaching maturity, but still has a serious task ahead if it is to live up to its present splendid promise...
...York Herald Tribune. In this capacity he has gained for himself the reputation of being one of the country's leading screen critics. His close connection with the motion picture industry through the recent period of its change from silent to sound production makes him peculiarly suited for the task of tracing the trend of the "talkies...