Word: function
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...intimate and working knowledge of his subject he is no better fitted to teach it than a book. When men who write poetry, prose, the short-story or any other form of literature are called upon to teach it, then and not till then, will education assume its true function and meaning. Harvard has led the way in this respect by installing in its faculty men who are doing this sort of work. The appointment of Mr. Frost follows out this theory and the Corporation should be highly praised for calling to this valuable position so distinguished a figure...
...essay type, half of which are taken at the end of the second year and half at the end of the third. (The course is only three years.) Being only prepared for the honor candidate, they are admirably suited to his demands. Thus they perform well their function of testing ability. But more important than this is the influence the Tripos Examinations exert on the student's entire course of study at the University. He is aware that they ill be the sole criteria by which his degree is awarded, and consequently the quality of his work is shaped...
Finally, such a scheme would fuse the tutorial and course methods of instruction into a well integrated system. The function of the tutor would be to guide and stimulate the student in his work. Course lectures would provide the student with information and some contact with great teachers. The capstone of the system, the general examination, would be the sanction inducing the student to take the true University attitude both in regard to his courses and his study under his tutor
...bills then in committee pigeonholes will be found in the same pigeonholes. The status of legislation on the calendar will not have altered by so much as a comma. The old officers of both Houses will resume their duties without reelection. The same committees will automatically begin to function where they left off. And the same faces will appear on the floor...
...important function of the American Iron & Steel Institute is grinding out publicity calculated to create good will for the steel industry. The Institute is somewhat handicapped by the fact that U. S. steelmen generally exhibit a singular lack of public-relations sense, particularly when they get anywhere near a rostrum. Nevertheless, the Institute's mimeographs continue to hum, last week turned out a batch of statistics showing that nine out of every ten steel executives rose from the ranks...