Word: developement
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...guarding against it. They will do well if they do not pay too much attention to pleas which will certainly result in unrest and may result in changes in educational methods which we will later regret. By all means give the gifted and serious students the freedom to develop their individually and mental powers. By all means, too, reserve it for the gifted and serious. --The Quadwrangler in the Boston Transcript...
...education of the engineer should then include a mastery of certain scientific principles, a training to develop the power to reason in terms of such knowledge in its application to practical conditions, practice in expressing his ideas clearly in drawing, in writing and in speech. He should have a broad general education, and an open mind...
...appreciation of, some field of human activity, such as art or literature that will serve as a recreation from the daily work of his profession or business. Such avocations will not only enrich his life, and enlarge his points of human contact, but they often also help to develop a frame of mind which may make him more successful in his professional work...
...most part, the Arms Traffic Conference at Geneva (TIME, May 11, 18) fired on all its cylinders, but there were several cases of ignition trouble, and it was felt that the engine was untrustworthy and might at any time develop more serious defects...
...remained, and seems likely to endure. But it is not a very exciting sort of prosperity. The average American engaged in business is restless, mercurial, expectant of change. When nothing much happens, he therefore becomes alarmed, even though the situation and outlook be good. U.S. business has yet to develop a temperament suited to economic stability...