Word: thoroughness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dean of the School of Architecture augurs well for the future of the school. Dean Edgell is not an architect himself; but in his work as a fellow of the American Academy in Rome and in his book on architecture, he has shown himself to be a thorough student of the history of art. The executive ability of which he has given proof in his duties on the Administrative Board as well as his intimate knowledge of other departments of the University, combine to make him eminently qualified to fill his new position...
...courts with enough magistrates to clear the dockets is relatively small when compared with the enormous outlay constantly being invested in private ventures. Americans are notoriously stingy about any expenditure that savours in the least of public service, and correspondingly extravagant in satisfying the private wants; but thorough going support of the police is one part of the public service that cannot wait. It is one thing to talk about Crime Waves and their origins in idleness and unemployment, which will come to an end when "business picks up a bit"; but the most effective means of preventing any such...
...yesterday gave out the general plan of discussion to be used at the meeting of football coaches and officials to be held at the Harvard Club on Friday evening. This is one of a series of sectional meetings organized by Mr. Walter Camp for the purpose of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the general feeling in regard to the changes i football rules so that the Rules Committee will have concrete suggestions with which to work when it meets on Friday, March 10. A similar meeting was held in New York on February 15 at which a number of questions...
...Theatre Guild, and the rest; forcing the managers to keep at their best level. The opportunity for the revival of old plays, classics, and above all the education of popular taste, although the latter is sometimes questioned as an advantage would at least have for the first time a thorough trial; and a school for training actors, so long the cry of the critics, could become a reality. All that Mr. Henry jewett has accomplished with his stock company, in spite of limited facilities, points to what could be done under conditions where money did not enter...
...here is only one phase of the financial problem that needs clarification. The fundamentals of exchange and foreign trade are not so vital to welfare, except that it is chiefly ignorance of them that leads to advocacy of most of the wildcat "--standard" schemes. From top to bottom, a thorough knowledge of economic principles is sadly lacking. As a starter, we recommend Economics A for about 90 percent of the United States Congress. Then Professors Taussing and Burbank might consider taking on the State Legislatures, in turn...