Word: profoundly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Owing to a more earnest desire on the part of our undergraduates to rise above mediocre and average attainment, we are confident that the result will show not merely a higher group mark in examinations, but also a greater independence of judgment, a more critical discrimination, a more profound sense of values, and the acquisition of more systematic and sustained habits of thought. With such training our men will be better prepared to meet the serious responsibilities of life and will prove of greater service to their day and generation." --(The Transcript...
...pageant to be presented at the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Hollis Hall this afternoon should merit profound interest apart from its mere spectacular nature. It is distinctly something more than an entertainment. Indeed, its chief importance lies in entirely other directions...
...there in spite of the intellectual burdens that their instructors may attempt, with varying success, to put upon them. Life at such an institution can hardly be anything but a reflection of life outside. In this respect, the difference between the mediaeval university and its modern successor is profound. Doubtless, trustees and faculties could change this condition if they wished. Entrance requirements and requirements after entrance could be made impossible for any but genuine scholars. But it is unlikely that trustees and faculties are going to do this. For better or for worse, the American institution of learning...
...Practice," and that of Professor C. F. Richardson, of Dartmouth, on "The Problem of Waste in the College Lecture" should be of especial interest. Professor Moore has made some very interesting investigations in educational conditions and it was his report on the New York schools which created such a profound impression and caused so much discomfort to municipal officials
...another opportunity for service is open, and President-Emeritus Eliot, with the broad view and profound insight of the scholar, has outlined the duty of the American bar to lead the way to a great legal reform. The defects of our existing institutions of law and of our methods of judicial procedure, President Eliot has presented in succinct and forcible terms, and he emphasizes particularly that public opinion is demanding reform. Here, certainly is another field in which Harvard University through the Law School may show that the higher educational institutions of the land have their thumb on the public...