Word: wilde
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...known to Harvard readers as the author of "Was College Worth While?" based, he said, on reports from members of the Class of 1911, declares in his article, that the whole problem of getting students boils down to this: "There aren't enough clients to go around, and a wild scramble for students has been the result." The competition between colleges has in fact, Tunis declares, become so intense that prospective students are being bribed, bought, and even kidnapped in order to build enrollments. A case in Indiana is reported where three students were transported to another campus and there...
...freedom was sounded again and again. Dean Sperry mentioned how petty regulations like chapel attendance have been abolished to give the student his liberty. President Conant talked of educational freedom, closely allied with politics. This freedom is not to be interpreted as permission to destroy order and run wild or the chance of a lifetime to be indolent. Instead, it means freedom of action. The Freshman should practice it by being careful not to overspecialize in his first year, by being sure that he does more than one thing and keeps himself out of the well-known...
Most interesting controversy in Wild Animal World: which animal is most dangerous? Dr. Ditmars is inclined to think some kinds of snakes are most dangerous, but he says it is a matter of familiarity and skill. A herpetologist, for instance, need have little fear of snakes, but if he is not careful a tiger or a gorilla might...
...Wild Animal World starts out with two chapters entitled: "First Catch Your Animal," and "-And Feed Him Well," by Dr. Ditmars and Mr. Bridges respectively. Most zoo animals nowadays are caught by and bought from professional collectors who make a business of knowing just what each zoo needs and how much it can pay. Stocking a zoo is largely a matter of purchasing good show specimens. Occasionally, however, the Bronx zoo will commission a man to go on a trip to get an especially rare animal. Frank Buck was sent for an Indian rhino, Robert L. Garner was sent...
With the third chapter-"Doctoring Under Difficulties"-Wild Animal World goes into pure-anecdotage. There are fascinating tales of the infirmary: how cataracts were taken from the eyes of a rhinoceros; how a carrying case had to be invented for porcupines; how leather boots had to be made for a young elephant with weak ankles. And from the fund of experience laid up during 38 years at the zoo, Dr. Ditmars recalls the time a lion named Simba missed his birthday party because day before he had painted himself pea green by rolling around in his freshly painted cell. Once...