Word: teachings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...crop of pedants grew and keeps growing. As part of a regime where one must know so much before he can dares teach, the teacher who has not covered a sufficient territory in the particular realm of roots is at a loss. Nor is he wanted at a university. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy has become the only criterion by which one can easily prove his knowledge of the roots--and, thus, are modern teachers made...
...Ahmedabad, India, pupils of the National College noted on their faculty roster a name new to the roster, old in fame-Mahatma† Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The Mahatma, well-informed, later asked students what they would have him teach. Eagerly they sought seclusion, consulted. Would it be political history from this great leader who had well-nigh secured Indian independence in 1920 by his famed policy of "passive resistance?" Or sociology?-Gandhi's profound knowledge of the "caste" system was none the less because in 1920 he had failed to persuade the masses and the "untouchable castes" to treat...
...Cherokee, Iowa, where he used to teach high school and coach a championship football team, David Wallace Stewart, recently nominated by Republicans and appointed by Governor Hammill to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Cummins (TIME, Aug. 9, THE CONGRESS), made his first political blurb at an annual homecoming. He "deplored sectionalism and provincialism"; he said, "I shall fight with all the power that I have to advance, protect and maintain the best interests of the state of Iowa." (Cheers...
...called him a coward . . . offered to demonstrate that the wrist under a slave bracelet may snap a real fist into his sagging jaw and teach him respect for a man even if he prefer to keep his face clean. . . . This is not publicity. He overstepped all bounds of decency and right thinking. I will go back to Chicago and give him what he deserves. Only one thing can prevent it-he may be feeble, or old, or too young. . . ." Once more the head was bent. "I am waiting," said Mr. Valentino...
...found another issue in "this Bureau of Maternal Hygiene"-an innovation by some precocious Texans who had been reading books. "It is supposed to teach Texas mothers how to have babies," bawled Jim, "in spite of the fact that the mothers of this state have made a success of having babies for over 100 years...