Word: columbia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...successfully Chicago's university has built up, not only as a great educational plant beneath the midwestern sky, but as a civic and social project far more present in the minds of Chicagoans than, for example, Columbia is in New Yorkers' minds or the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphians', was suggested by the list of people who accepted invitations to the Hutchins inaugural last week. It was a list much like the roster of first-nighters at the opening of Chicago's new Civic Opera House (TIME, Nov. 4, 18). Included were: President & Mrs. James Simpson of Marshall Field...
...quintet faces a stiff schedule this winter when it squares off against Columbia, Army, Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale. D. J. O'Connell '29, captain of last year's five, will be the sole loss through graduation and Coach Wachter will have a considerable nucleus of veterans with which to work. G. H. Pattison, Jr. '32 and W. S. Baskerville '32, regulars of last winter's Freshman five, have already started practice and are expected to bolster up the University squad...
...quintet faces a stiff schedule this winter, with games planned with Columbia, Army, Brown, Dartmouth, and, Yale, many of which will be played out of town. All of last year's University team, with the exception of D. J. O'Connell '29, former captain of the five will be on hand. R. S. Brodie '32, and W. J. Holland '32, will not return for the coming season, but G. H. Pattison. Jr. '32 and W. S. Baskerville '32, regulars from last year's Freshman team, have already begun practice...
From Ohio over the stormy Alleghenies to the District of Columbia, then to Long Island, a heavy trimotored Ford plane flew last week. Except at take-offs and landings the pilot scarcely ever touched the controls. A new device, a gyroscopic stabilizer similar to the stabilizers which help keep ships from rolling, kept the Ford on even keel through wind and fog. When gusts twisted the plane from its course, the stabilizer returned it automatically...
...midst of the present deluge of collegiate criticism, Professor David Snedder of Teachers College, Columbia University, has presented the theory that the standardized education of today is completely inadequate for the diversified group of men presenting themselves for non-professional degrees. The proposal of Mr. Snedder provides for a college with no degrees and no entrance examinations, an institution with emphasis on preparation for a vocation. The substance of his objection is that the present educational system affords no place for the purely academic mind and advances the student no farther along the road to the attainment of his vocation...