Word: vision
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Growth from a department under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to the immense plant of the George F. Baker Foundation indicates in concrete terms the progress which the School has made in putting business training on a parity with that of any other profession. The vision of the early founders clearly saw the importance to society of business leaders bred not alone in the school of experience, but in an institution where professional traditions leave their stamp. It is this, perhaps, this new emphasis on the professional standing and obligation of the business man, that stands...
...numbers of students brought new and pressing problems, which, when Dean Donham took over the leadership, had become formidable. The growth of the institution demanded urgently a great expansion in physical and personnel equipment. These serious difficulties have been overcome with remarkable skill and with daring energy. The planning vision of Dean Donham and the magnificent generosity of Mr. Baker have raised an edifice surpassing the dreams of those who assisted in its modest beginning. Indeed, to an outside observer, it seems to be an Aladdin-like creation--these stately buildings arising overnight from a swamp, this provision of every...
...however, not until President Lowell started his administration in 1909 that Harvard became "Charles River Conscious." Although President Lowell will be remembered by future generations primarily for his changes in the academic system, his vision in dealing with the architectural development of Harvard will be rated a close second...