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President Mason of Chicago deplored "rote learning". Dr. Penniman of Pennsylvania insisted that "education must be dynamic"; while the Illinois President, Dr. Kinley, deprecated "educational din...
Contemplation is not a term of mere thoughtfulness. It connotes opportunity to watch undisturbed and to reason with care. In college education, it holds the added significance of wide speculation inducing as sound general conclusions on existence as a term of four years will permit. Din, educational or otherwise, is not consonant with formal education. The student is somewhat in the position of a diver gauging the spring of the board and the depth of the pool. It is hardly prudent to push him in before he has some idea of how far he will be thrown and how deep...
This time, however, the Prince fidgeted and blushed with good reason. By way of compliment to his Argentine hearers, he "carefully pronounced" numerous Spanish words and phrases. Delighted, the guests cheered with a hearty acclaim which drowned most of what he said. Over the din one diner thought that he caught the words: "It seems a long way from Calle Florida to the Strand. . . .* But there is so much in common between Britons and Argentines that their friendship and understanding will indefinitely prolong the century of peace between...
...pressure of a button on the President's bench. "It is not within the power of mortals to withstand the racket. . . . During today's session the device was inaugurated when the deputies waxed tumultuous over a minor point. . . Their shouts were instantly overwhelmed and quieted by the artificial din...
President de'Alvear and the Cabinet met him. They drove up the Calle Florida in a state carriage to Government House with every loophole and cranny crammed with huzzahing populace, with every now and then the raucous voice of some exiled Britisher rising above the general din, augmented by the racket of airplanes overhead...