Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There has always been thought to be an element of chance in the taking of examination; the thrill of the unknown captivates those not too seriously impressed by the marvels of modern academic machinery, but the entire possibilities have-suffered from neglect. The laws of mechanics have governed too closely the college student and he has followed with particular regularity, the well known rule of a body once set in motion in a given direction...
...ideas. Michigan had a football team that was making money. President Little insisted that the surplus be turned over to building more athletic fields so that all men and women in the University could exercise. It was not those who went out for college teams who needed exercise, he thought; it was those of mediocre athletic prowess. There should be more games for more players, he said. Last year, the football team made a gross income of $773, 698.93, a net profit of $476,88.12. greatest in the University's history. All other sports showed losses. Track cost more than...
...President Little became director of the American Birth Control League. There should be fewer babies, he thought, no more "indiscriminate growth of families." Here he first clashed with citizens of Michigan who thought such opinions unfitting to the head of a state institution. Cheerily, Dr. Little answered that he would rather resign than be muzzled. Unmuzzled, he continued his presidency...
President Little thought that all students should be housed on the campus. Several thousand boarded at homes in Ann Arbor. Landladies, foreseeing a loss of income, threatened suit, charged profligacy, wrote irate letters to the Board of Regents. Next year, as Dr. Little planned, a huge women's dormitory will rise on the Michigan campus...
President Little thought that education ceases never. He suggested a plan whereby graduates of Michigan could continue to study at their alma mater by taking a series of correspondence courses. This vast project (Michigan has nearly 70,000 alumni) he called the Alumni University. Soon letters were pouring into Ann Arbor, alumni-instruction pouring...