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...bread is as good as furnished by any public institution where over 600 people are fed each meal. Still another feature of the modern penal system is the exact physical attention given each incoming prisoner. Each man is given an exhaustive examination that brings to light every possible defect. In addition to this examination, Bertillion measurements and finger prints are taken so that each man is perpetually classified. If any of the defects can be remedied the patient is immediately placed under the charge of an oculist, dentist or physician who are in constant attendance...
...greatest defect is that the student is called upon merely to recognize material and master detailed information, instead of to draw conclusions from the facts learned. And there is no refutation for the argument that the old style of examination is valuable in requiring understanding as well as memory...
...Fernald, director of the State School for Feebleminded at Waverly will lecture on "Mental Defect as a Health Problem" at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Building A at the Medical School, and Dr. William Healey of the Juvenile Court in Boston will speak on "Delinquency as a Public Health Problem" at 2 o'clock, February 15, at the same place. Both lectures, under the auspices of the School of Public Health, are open to the public...
...needed change in attitude, the growth of a "spirit of inquisitiveness", cannot be brought about by artificial stimulation from above. Raising the requirements would be a mechanical external remedy for an internal defect...
...long time it has been realized that the great defect in the Business School has been its lack of central organization due not to any defect in management, but to a lack of accommodating facilities. The enforced scattered distribution of students has greatly hampered the work of the school...