Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comparison of Eastern and Western institutions to determine superiority seems unproductive, both because of the utter impossibility of reaching a decision, and because any such modern judgment of Paris would be rather less than unprofitable: and a comparison based on nothing more vital than a mistaken notion of mental cosmopolitanism seems particularly empty...
...even at that time, President Roosevelt was compelled to make a distinction between "good trusts" and ''bad trusts," between the trusts which were the instruments of "malefactors of great wealth" and those which had grown great simply because they were captained by capable business men. The vital quality of big business is apparent from the fact that, since "dissolution." most of the "trusts" have prospered, indicating either that the old practices were unnecessary or that legal attack was ineffectual...
...speaking before the Harvard Club of Washington this evening, stated that the Corporation felt that the 47 Workshop, although doing valuable work, must yield in its demands for expansion to more important departments of the University, in particular to the College where the development of the tutorial system is vital. He said that both he and the Corporation realized Professor Baker's personal value as an instructor but that "a theatre and a permanent school for playwrights would not be wise". The limitation of the funds of the University made it impossible to develop departments whose appeal is less broad...
...most vital things to be considered in the opinion of the committee, is the lack of a strong feeling of dissatisfaction among the students with the present use of proctors in examinations...
...Honor System seems practically unwarranted and unfeasible, nevertheless much can be done in the way of making the present system more flexible. The gradual breaking-down of the double moral standard which permits an attitude toward academic obligations that would not be countenanced in daily life is of vital importance. Such a policy might result in the gradual elimination of the proctors with the introduction of none of those features of the Honor System which appear exaggerated and unnatural to many students. We would like to mention among these possible changes, the elimination of the rule that examination papers...