Word: thoroughness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Professor Charles F. Bullock, was appointed in the spring of 1917 with a view to making more adequate provision for scientific investigation in economics. Believing that its first enterprise should be in the field of economic statistics, Professor Warren M. Persons of Colorado College was engaged to make a thorough study of existing methods of collecting and interpreting economic statistics. Professor Persons was well known to the scientific world through various papers which he has published upon statistical methods and results. He is now in charge of the editing of the publication of the committee...
...desires to find the rare combination of thorough going fun with intellectual stimulus and inspiration, there is no better place than the conference on Lake George from June 25 to July...
...Thorough Preparation Required...
...very bad practice for any educational institution." Yes, most of the teachers at West Point are graduates of the Academy. They have been "through the mill" as cadets and have proved efficient teachers. Moreover, they are not teachers in the ordinary sense of the word. True, they are thorough masters of their respective subjects; but they are merely guides who point the way. They do not "cram" knowledge into the cadets; they draw it out of them. In other words, the cadet teaches himself. The character-forming habits instilled by the rigorous system of study are as valuable...
...spring campaign, it is expected that J. L. Knox '12, the second team coach, Dr. Paul Withington '09, director of the Freshman players last fall, and Dr. D. C. Parmenter '13 will be on hand to aid in the coaching. The spring work will probably consist in thorough drilling in the fundamentals of the game and will aid the coaching staff in getting a line on the material for the 1920 season. The present plan is to continue the practice for about three weeks...