Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...committee also took under advisement the petition for admittance of several new institutions, final action pending a thorough investigation of their eligibility rules...
...this is the problem which has since 1914, when the creation of a Third College to stand parallel with Yale College and the Sheffield Scientific School was first broached, occupied a more and more prominent position in the consideration of all those connected with Yale. Now with the recent thorough treatment of the subject by President. Augell the question is place squarely before everyone. And as he requests, counsel and advice are neces sary before a successful solution may be secured...
...schools try to accomplish too much and as a result achieve nothing well. "What we need is a good mental training, an accurate and thorough habit of mind; not a frittering away of the attention by a multitude of small matters of which the pupil does not get enough to develop consecutive thought...
...Canadian alarmists. He lunched with Prime Minister King, dined with U. S. Minister William Phillips. At a state dinner given by the Government, he bespoke "rivalry without bitterness" and proceeded to a reception given by Governor-General and Viscountess Willingdon. Returning home after four days, he brought a thorough going invitation to President Coolidge to visit Canada...
...expected that inexperienced men will benefit by a thorough drilling in fundamentals as well as in the finer points and that those who have had experience will become more polished and adept...