Word: understandingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...think of President Roosevelt's economic theories. His action these first weeks has been vigorous and decisive. He has seen what he should do and has supplied instantaneous action. Further than that, I would rather not make any comments, particularly as I do not feel that I sufficiently understand his entire program...
...modern history, in order to acquire a perspective toward things of his own day. This has a particular application for persons intending to enter some profession where a historical background is valuable. Or one takes an interest in some phase or period of history because it is pleasant to understand and revitalize what used to be. This reason is probably as important as the "cash nexus" to those who intend to "spend their life in history," either as teachers, as historians, or as hobbyists. But that reason for concentrating in history which is common to all of its concentrators...
Deep in thought, Professor Albert Einstein, who planned to leave the U. S. this week, strolled across the twilit campus of California Institute of Technology at Pasadena. He did not at once understand why the tall palm trees had begun to dance crazily or why the students had begun running out of their dormitories. In Los Angeles, where crowds going home to dinner had complained of the sultry, oppressive atmosphere, electric lights blinked. A newspaperman, looking down on the city, saw the square 28-story tower of the City Hall sway ten feet like a huge tree. Masonry and cornices...
...qualified. First that they do not seek enrollment by holding out the lure of commercial training. This would not only be misrepresentation but a reversal of Harvard tradition. This would not only be misrepresentation but a reversal of Harvard tradition. The second is that they are aware of, and understand, the criticisms leveled at the department . . . much as they are aware of and understand, the arguments for a high protective tariff...
...Department of Chemistry has not adopted the tutorial system and divisional examinations. The reason, as I understand it, is this: The preparation demanded of the college graduate in chemistry is such that no time is left for the addition of tutorial work. That is, a man must know a definite minimum of qualitative and quantitative analysis, he must known the principles of organic chemistry, and in the present day trend of development in physical chemistry he should be well informed. All this involves considerable lab work, in addition to the usual time needed for actual study. The Department does...