Word: teaching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...earliest of "The Early Birds," a U. S. society composed of people who flew before Dec. 17, 1916.* But his most precocious exploit was the organization, at 15, of a company to make airplane propellers. Businessman and barnstormer at 21, Hamilton went to Vancouver, B. C. in 1915 to teach the Royal Air Force. While there he opened another propeller factory, later moved to Milwaukee to make propellers for U. S. planes...
...There are five prerequisities for good rowing," he said; "some water to row on, naturally, then some shells, material or man power, somebody to teach the fundamentals and to--get the crew swinging together, and lastly, spirit or morale." He expressed satisfaction with the Charles as a place to row on, and was especially pleased with the material, saying he had never seen so many shells together in one place before...
...from the outer world. She has, with fluctuations, been a dominating force, in the past, in national and international affairs. Today she is trying earnestly to face the new problems which have arisen. We may confidently predict that, in doing so, she will avoid the evil of attempting to teach her future social leaders what to think, instead of how to think. Throughout her history, Harvard has kept a unique record in encouraging independent thought. For an illustration of this, as early as 1692, look at the records of the Salem witchcraft frenzy. This was an event in which many...
...consider, first, the situation, created when the proper balance is upset by disproportionate concern with general education. In this case the stream of learning and research inevitably dries up; indeed, some have contended that it should. Newman defined his idea of a university as "a place of teaching universal knowledge, for the diffusion and extension of knowledge rather than the advancement." In his famous essay be recommended "a division of intellectual labour between learned academies and universities." (In twentieth century terminology we should substitute the words "research institute" for "academy".) He believed that "to discover and to teach...
...Marian Forrester, Soprano Talley is a melodious homebody who spurns the career which her theatrical family tradition demands, plans to marry a stodgy neighbor in the small Kentucky town where her father (Nigel Bruce) has settled down to teach music. This intention, constantly delayed by the financial troubles of the Forrester family, is finally thwarted when Aunt Louise and Uncle Tony move in with their out-of-work opera troupe. The troupe's star and manager (Michael Bartlett) decides to present an opera written by Tony for the amusement of Kentucky Derby crowds. Success depends upon getting Soprano Marian...