Word: expanding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard College is the oldest college in the country, having been established in 1636; and it was the first of the American colleges to expand into a university. It was founded in liberty-loving Massachusetts at a time when the ministers were the ruling class, and the whole community knew that their ministers ought to be well educated...
...important debating events of the year takes place this evening, when the Freshmen meet Yale and Princeton in the annual triangular contest. Why expand on the benefits of debating? They are widely enough admitted, even if so few seek them. But aside from the value which it holds for the men who follow it, it may be of very significant, though little recognized, educational value to the men who listen to it. No one considers it absurd to urge men to support an athletic team; since there is something to be derived from a debate, it is not absurd...
...times. Surely American educators have seen a new light. Is it not the fashion to patronize scholars who are chiefly occupied in discovering new facts? Do we not desire above all "efficiency" teachers, even though they can only impart traditional knowledge? Who doubts that the best way to expand the intellects of students is by supervising rigidly their daily work, and by keeping them constantly in dread of quizzes and examinations? It is certainly very odd of Professor Eucken to think that students can expand their own intellects, and that "they derive a real advantage only from work which...
...expand the spirit for fellowship, all Christian churches should take active measures to study the conditions of their respective neighborhoods, make concrete complaints, and extend their influence not only to the community as a whole, but also to individuals...
...service of the Amerika-Institut, which was established under Professor Muensterberg's directorship, in awakening both countries to the advantages of mutual intercourse, is fully explained, in a way that presents the full significance of the phrase which describes its purpose--"to further and expand the cultural relations between the United States an Germany." Such an organized move has been necessary, because, in spite of the fact that thousands of Americans visit Germany every summer, most of them look upon the excursion as a "gaudy vacation" and do not work hard "as unofficial delegates of their country for the cultivation...