Word: schools
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...method of instruction at the Edison Institute of Technology is likely to turn out some excellent men;" said G. F. Doriot, associate professor and assistant dean of the Harvard Business School, when interviewed yesterday. "On the other hand, I do not believe that the general run of men will come up to the standard of the regular type of education, which does, after all, drill in essentials...
...thoroughly. Thus instead of being forced to read or examine diagrams on these subjects, they may get into the spirit of what they are doing by dealing with the machines themselves, and this may be an added spur to further research. In a word, the students at this new school are to learn in practice what is now taught in theory...
...Griffith, associate professor of Political Science in the School of Citizenship of Syracuse University, will speak at the meeting of foreign and American students at Phillips Brooks House, this evening at 8.30 o'clock...
Aside from the minor points of added strain on the teaching staff or an unwelcome distinction between the excellent and mediocre student, the plan is mostly unfeasible because it would be in direct contrast to the main purpose of the secondary school. There has been much regret evidenced recently by educators at the disappearance of the liberal college under the increasing pressure for specialization. In laying a firm foundation for later years of university training is found the most imminent and pressing problem with which the preparatory school is faced. The most practical objection to the Choate plan...
Among the former prep school stars reporting were Robert Saltonstall Jr. '33, and W. C. Everett '33 both of last year's Exeter team...