Word: arts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...LECTURE. "Modern Belgian Art." (Illustrated by the Stereopticon). Dr. Jean De Mot, of Brussels. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...first place, to clear the way, education as a profession is essentially an art. One may have made a profound study of the science of education and yet have had no experience whatever in practical work. We all understand that some of the very best work that has been done in the science of education, has been done by those outside of our ranks. So I take it that it is not concerning that sort of educational career that you wish me to speak. Herbert Spencer would be an example of the men who have made notable contributions to education...
...that you expected me to speak to you from the view point of the teacher and not from the view point of that other side of education dealing with the administration of the college. Those who hold the offices of administration, while they are dealing with the art of education, hold, nevertheless, a special position with regard to the profession, just as the judge on the bench holds a special position with regard to the profession of law. When a teacher goes in for administration he degrades both the office to which he succeeds and the profession from which...
...chemists; and these cements imitate bone in appearance and in non-conducting power more closely than metals can. The discovery of vulcanite, an intimate mixture of caoutchouc with sulphur, was empirically made; but into the numerous uses of vulcanite in dentistry there enter many applications of chemical science and art. The progress of physics has furnished the dentist with new tools and apparatus of high value. The electric light prolongs his hours of labor and enables him to put a bright light into the mouth, an electrical current brings him the mechanical power for grinding and burnishing...
LECTURES ON BEAUTY AND USE. VII. "The Function and Value of Fine Art." Dr. H. M. Kallen. Emerson F, 4.30 P. M. Open to members of the University and of Radcliffe College...