Word: generalizes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that protection to young industries may be advantageously applied, . . . little, if anything, was gained by the costly protection which the United States maintained in the first part of this century." The publisher is to be congratulated on the excellent make-up of the book, as the printing, binding and general appearance leave nothing to be desired...
...this privilege of substituting half-a-year's work in a full course for a half-course would allow many men to consult their taste in this way. Besides, many prefer to have their hardest work during the first half-year, especially as the last half-year is generally largely occupied by outside work in many courses. A general adoption of this plan, in courses where it is possible, would probably commend itself to the body of the students...
Although the Elective Pamphlet for next year is not yet entirely made up, quite a number of changes are in contemplation, aiming at increased opportunities for instruction. A general sketch of these changes can be but indefinite, especially as matters of detail are not at all decided upon...
...speaking of endowments the writer very justly says: "It is a pity that the donors could not be judicious as well as liberal. Nearly all their gifts have the same vicious quality that has hampered the endowments of our colleges from the beginning; they are specific instead of general." He adds: "What our colleges stand in urgent need of is funds for general purposes, money which the trustees can apply where it is most needed." Finally he comes to the conclusion that it is becoming the fashion to endow the student instead of the professor, and that these scholarships, memberships...
...present to our readers this morning a general outline of the changes in the elective pamphlet. What at once attracts attention is the rapid increase in the amount of instruction offered in the department of Semitic Languages. Although the opponents of the centralization of universities, if we may use the expression, may oppose such studies on the ground that they are not "practical" it is in the attention to such departments of higher education that Harvard College earns the title of being the first American university. If Harvard wishes to claim a position among the universities of the world...