Word: young
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...phases of actual American life. The spirit of higher education, which enables us to see the social and moral activities of Harvard, finds response in our hearts. It shows us a type of education, different from that of Japan, a type which appears most important in preparing the young men for citizenship in a democracy...
...several decades we have plodded placidly along, pointing aimiably to our superior education that teaches the young, the old, the rich, the poor alike and reduces ignorance in the lower classes to a smaller proportion than in any European country. Now the veil is rent and we see a hideous condition of things; and at the same time there appears the root of a number of evils...
...Legislature to force a minimum wage of $750 for teachers in the state. But that is absolutely inadequate if the teaching profession is to attract the type of people who are competent to be the guides during their most impressionable years of the future Americans. The startling number of young men disclosed by the draft who are illiterate or physically imperfect shows that our schools are functioning imperfectly even now. Should not the strong arm of the National Government reach out, then, and correct and regulate our common schools? It surely can do much good by way of improvement...
...Boston who want nothing so badly as the opportunity to play a game of basketball and form a club: a club with its own officers which can plan its own work and amusements. They need only a leader to direct their energies. There are many older boys and young men who are no longer able to attend school, and yet have only begun to learn. They need some one to guide their reading and conduct classes. Then there is that large number of foreigners, many of whom have been here for years and are still foreign. They need...
...being given much serious consideration by the War Department. Outlines of courses in Military Science will soon be offered to the leading colleges of the country. Should these plans meet with the approval of the various college faculties, the first big step toward reaching the most desirable young men of the country will have been successful. These courses are planned normally to cover a period of four years and include a large part of the theoretical and technical part of the education necessary to a successful officer, the practical part of the student's education being reserved for the summer...