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Page 79 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
Page 180 - A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting approximately a quarter of a full year's work.
Page 34 - It is in this way, and in this way only, that the appeal to experience is made in those physical sciences which have reached the deductive stage — that is to say, which in the logical character of their problems present any real analogy to economic science.
Page 179 - The location and construction of the buildings, the lighting, heating, and ventilation of the rooms, the nature of the lavatories, corridors, closets, water supply, school furniture, apparatus, and methods of cleaning shall be such as to insure hygienic conditions for both pupils and teachers.
Page 155 - As a rule, schools of medicine and engineering, for instance, aim primarily to pass on to the student a body of knowledge which is already organized and of accepted professional value, and so to train practitioners of already standardized professions. The graduate school places first emphasis upon the advancement of learning. Its teachers are expected to be actively engaged in extending the boundaries of knowledge and to direct students in the conduct of investigations. The vitality of the graduate...
Page 179 - ... being recommended as a maximum. 10. The college must be able to prepare its graduates to enter recognized graduate schools as candidates for advanced degrees. 11. The college should limit the number of students in a recitation or laboratory class to 30.
Page 158 - Institution (Baptist), the Theological Seminary of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, and nearly all Catholic theological seminaries.
Page 178 - Graduate study and training in research equivalent to that required for the master's degree are urgently recommended, but the teacher's success is to be determined by the efficiency of his teaching, as well as by his...
Page 148 - The course usually combines three distinct elements: General training in the arts and sciences, specialization in one or two subjects which the candidate proposes to teach later, and instruction in the theory and practice of teaching. Among the...
Page 184 - In the consideration of a co-educational institution great weight shall be given to the fact that such institution has a dean or adviser of women, above the rank of instructor, giving instruction and counted a regular member of the faculty.