Word: factor
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...individual. As an example of the latter system, he cites the introduction of a free choice of electives at Harvard. Between this extreme and the cut and dried uniformity of college education as it existed not so long ago, there is, says Dean Hawkes, a "highest common factor of what any young man ought to know", which it is his aim to provide to undergraduates...
...distribution requirements at Harvard present some slight limitations on the free choice of electives, but the wide selection left, after they have been filled, make possible a much more specialized program than could be called the "highest common factor." At Harvard it is assumed that this background has been obtained in secondary schools, and to insure this fact the entrance requirements are strictly specified and allow little latitude. The Harvard Freshman is supposed to be sufficiently mature to make "a wise choice" from the many directions which the college facilities offer...
...individual similarities among students lies back of the almost uniform practice in college, or school either for that matter, of devoting a certain part of the course to subject matter that constitutes a sort of highest common facor of what any young man ought to know. . . This highest common factor may be looked upon as a body of knowledge, broad in character and stimulating in intellectual effect, through the medium of which a student may obtain an insight into the various directions in which a more detailed study of the field would carry...
...bumper crop" is 10% to 12% greater than last year, spoke of a possible export surplus of 90,000,000 bushels, one-fourth of the 1913 figure. If this actually "small" Russian export can break the bottom out of wheat prices, the underlying cause must be some concealed "big" factor. It is this...
...hard-hitting captain of the University golf team, was yesterday defeated in the opening round of the National Amateur Golf Championship at Merion, 2 and 1, by Jess Sweetser. Finlay led during the early holes of the match, but the accuraie shooting of the winner was the decisive factor. On the sixteenth and seventeenth, Sweetser scored two birdies to win the match...