Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...twenty-third annual meeting and dinner of the Harvard Teachers' Association will take place today. This year's meeting will not touch upon the scientific study of educational problems and questions of method, but will be devoted to the personal elements in education, the contact between teacher and pupil...
...travelling. If a man should accept a position in the Far East he would not only do the teaching he desired but he would also see that interesting portion of the world. He would return with a far broader mind and much more experience than the average teacher at his age, and he would be more cognizant of the world's affairs than the average globe trotter. This whole plan provides an excellent bridge over the interval between college and business...
...describing the second type of teacher the speaker referred to his trip to Germany, where he studied in three of the leading universities. There, men chose their universities according to the noted professors who delivered lectures. Five of the most distinguished men of Berlin University at this time were Curtius, Helmholz, Mommsen, Grimm, and Zupitza. Curtius was the famous Greek archaeologist, who had made valuable discoveries of classic temples and statues. The speaker described the work of Helmholz, the famous theorist in vibration of sound and light, and came in personal contact with the two greatest lecturers of that...
...graduate of Harvard in the class of 1876, Professor Peirce studied in Germany for four years, returning then to this country and accepting a position as teacher in the Boston Latin School. In 1881 he undertook his work as teacher in mathematics and physics at the University, becoming in 1888 Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. His total term of service here has been thirty-two years...
...Teacher in a City School System" by Dr. Franklin B. Dyer...