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Mustapha Kemal Pasha has disproved the adage, "Where is a Turk his own master?" by substituting the answer, "In Turkey! " for the usual retort, "In hell." These words sum up the fundamental characteristics of Kemal's policy. He stands today as the Emancipator of Turkey. He has lifted the people out of the slough of servile submission to alien authority, brought them to a realization of their inherent qualities and to an independence of thought and action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: THE NEAR EAST | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

...greatest defect is that the student is called upon merely to recognize material and master detailed information, instead of to draw conclusions from the facts learned. And there is no refutation for the argument that the old style of examination is valuable in requiring understanding as well as memory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TESTING EXAMINATIONS | 3/23/1923 | See Source »

...Pound Class.--C. S. Forsyth '26, V. H. Kugell '25, J. M. Master '25, G. G. Tunell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOXING TITLES SURE TO CHANGE HANDS | 3/21/1923 | See Source »

Imbued with a lust for power, he looks upon the Ruhr with cruel eyes, and, " Hugo Stinnes, master of coke so long that he has come to look like a piece himself," waits for his opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ruhr: Mar. 17, 1923 | 3/17/1923 | See Source »

...Keep the atmosphere of every school and family charged with the master sentiments of love, hope, and duty. Keep out both fear and selfishness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Squaring the Circle Final Pronouncements On the Purpose of Schools | 3/17/1923 | See Source »

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