Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first time in the many years that I have been a reader of TIME I regret the anonymity of your writers. ... It requires an intellect outstandingly brilliant and out standingly self-reliant to be able and daring enough to sum up the lifelong teaching of "America's Greatest Philosopher" [John Dewey] with a statement at the same time devastating and so unobtrusive that most readers will pass it by: "exploring endless variations on a single theme: experience is the best teacher" [TIME...
...included on this team for three years running, equalied an all time Harvard-Yale scoring record set by Hopkins in 1914 when he chalked up four goals and two assists for the Hoddermen Saturday. His nomination to the mythical sextet came as a reward for one of the most brilliant records in the history of Harvard hockey...
...self and one's environment--to that end--is not education through the self of primary importance? The university should recognize that no teacher can teach anything; from him, students can only learn. A Bliss Prize Exam, "a notable reading list in history, a series of brilliant lectures, a group of earnest scholars"--all these are useless without the student's personal drive...
Then at 5:45 the Crimson sextet was back in the fight when Joe Willetts made it two-all with a weak shot from center ice that somehow slipped through Wes Goding's legs. Dartmouth dominated the play in the last canto, with Dave Walsh adding to a brilliant evening with two goals, one at 14; 12 and 17:30, the latter scored when both Charlie Houghton and Warren Jameson were doing time in the penalty...
...developed. On the other hand, learning, which has tended in recent eras to fall into tiny, unrelated pieces, has meaning only when it is a related whole. Thus an American Civilization Plan which still teaches history in its broadest form and still bridges academic chasnis would remain a brilliant contribution to the educational firmament...