Word: welling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University, England, Russell studied mathematics under Professor A. N. Whitehead, now of Harvard. Later he became an instructor at Cambridge and collaborated with Professor Whitehead in writing "Principia Mathematical", three volumes of which have been published. In spite of its title this work is a treatise of logic as well as mathematics, and advances the theory that mathematics and logic can be united in a single science...
...Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Harvard College. These are names, which are inseparably connected by history and tradition, and the record of the former has received much of its lustre through the able guidance of graduates from the college on the Charles. For well over a century Harvard was a state institution, and the close relationship is still evidenced by the part which the Governor of the Commonwealth plays in the annual commencement exercises...
...will be an invaluable aid to the success of the new experiment. If, without the express wish of the College authorities, men have found it convenient and satisfactory to retain their rooms for three years, this feature, an essential detail in the new scheme, augurs well for the success of the whole system...
...increasing trend toward concentration in Economics shown in the recently published figures of the Committee on the Choice of Electives might at first appearances seem to indicate an increased desire on the part of college men to be well acquainted with modern affairs. But unfortunately many of these men are interested in Economics because they believe it to be an open sesame to a fortune or else a direct preparation for the Law and Business School. Such narrowing influences should be avoided...
...well known report on undergraduate concentration President Lowell pointed out that the emphasis should be on avocational or cultural rather than professional training. Economics gives a broad viewpoint on life when approached in a proper spirit, but it is to be feared that these figures in large part indicate at tendency toward premature vocational training which should not be encouraged...