Word: trend
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...American university took its character, a faculty was formed from the start, and young men were invited to come and attend the lectures. And so if it seems to you, as undergraduates, that the faculty has too great authority, remember that they are acting in accordance with the trend and development of the American university, and has history as a precedent...
...debates that flourished a few years ago there is no remnant left. Annually the debates with Princeton and Yale bring into momentary prominence a small group of men, but these occasions once past, debating sinks from public notice. Possibly its lack of popularity is a phase of the present trend away from things scholarly; more likely it arises in some defect of the system by which debating is carried on here...
...been favorites were disliked because of unpopular lecturers. Other more interesting lecturers hand their courses made unpopular by unsuitable assistants for the second meetings. The elementary language courses came in for much criticism, probably because they were compulsory, while elementary courses in subjects outside of a man's general trend and taken merely from curiosity were in many cases voted uninteresting. As a result of the criticism, the lecturers have made sure of their standing with their classes and possibly they have been led to make certain changes for the benefit of the undergraduates. It is hard to estimate...
...order that a gymnasium should be of the greatest service to a University, it should be so situated, constructed, and equipped as to fill the same place in the physical life of the student that the library, laboratory, class room, and museum fill in his mental life. The trend of physical education is along three lines: first, toward perfecting the body as a machine; second, toward obtaining individual distinction in different varieties of athletics and gymnastics; and third, toward the cultivation of group games and team-play, where, the individual learns not only to work in harmony with others...
...part of him that cannot be shaken off; he cannot do without it. During the life of this generation the Church will have to show definite and practical results; a new test of efficiency will be required. In closing Mr. King emphasized the fact that the need and trend of the present generation show that the strongest men are called for; and that the opportunity is unmatched...