Word: wider
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard, and Columbia, and Chicago, a year at each place," said Henry U. Sims '97, of Alabama, speaking before the annual meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs. "It broadens his vision, it changes his influences." In other words, if the student body of a modern university represents a wider geographical area, it also represents a shifting population. The enormous increase this year of, the Unclassified men in the College would seem to bear out Mr. Sims' observations...
...membership of the Triangle Club is that of Booth Tarkington '93. Under his executive guidance, the name of the organization was changed to its present title. This change was calculated to broaden the scope of the club's activity, and in pursuance of his aim for a wider field of undergraduate creation, he wrote and produced "The Honorable Julius Caesar," a travesty on the original set to music...
...significant of the general trend of Harvard influence and policy. More and more is the University becoming an international rather than a local institution. This new indication of South American interest would appear to be the opening of an even broader field of activity, giving the University a wider range of thought and action than ever before...
...usually does take several years of practical work to steady the theoretical knowledge, but once the proper balance is attained there can be no doubt that the man with the broadly trained mind is more valuable to a railroad than another man with equal native ability but without the wider vision. A judicious mixture of the two classes is beneficial to both...
Well, five seats are better than none. As good citizens, we submit in the interests of the wider, if not the larger, good. --New York Evening Post...