Word: writer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opinion of the writer, borne out by several years' experience with undergraduate classes, that some of the advantages of the case system may be obtained in other courses in government and administration, especially in municipal government...
...used exclusively in government has certain advantages, especially for advanced students. It is not the most effective method for stimulating independent thinking, critical analysis of material, or through mental work on the part of the student. His thinking is done largely for him by the lecturer or text-book writer who presents the material in predigested form...
Later he retired to devote his time to writing. "Thunder on the Left", his most popular book, won him his reputation as a writer of colorful fantasy. His earlier books, including a number of volumes of familiar essays, grouped under such titles as "Pipefuls". "Shandygaff" and "Plum Pudding", and brief whimsical tales like "The Haunted Bookshop", "Parnassus on Wheels" have won him a large circle of admirers...
...bring to the young people of the United States a closer knowledge of the ideals and principles of Woodrow Wilson. The rules of the contest specified that each article should seek to appraise the ideals, standards and principles of Mr. Wilson, according to the personal standpoint of the writer...
...establishing the lectureship in honor of the later Professor Alexander Inglis, a former member of the University faculty, and who until his death was a leading scholar and writer in the field of secondary education. The Harvard Graduate School of Education seeks to stimulate thinking and experiment in the field to which Professor Inglis devoled his life work...