mecánica, con pruebas mecánicas de competencia en todas las direcciones. Esto reduce el valor de la instrucción para fines de iniciativa intelectual y de una comprensión razonada de la materia de estudio. Esta clase de erudición es más bien un obstáculo que una ayuda para los hábitos de pensamiento. Conduce a la convicción más que a la investigación y es, por tanto, un factor conservador.
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In the endowed Bcbools there is, moreover, an ^M increasing lotroduction of bustoess men and business ^M methods into the personnel and the administrative ^| work. This is necessarily so since these schools are ^| competitors for students and endowments.
The policy of these schools necessarily takes on something of the complexion of competitive business; which throws the emphasis on those features of school life that will best attract students and donors. The features which count most directly in these directions are not the same as would count most effectively toward the avowed ends of these schools.
The standards which it is found imperative to live up to are not the highest standards of scholarly work. Courtesy as well as expediency inclines these schools to cultivate such appearances and
tales opiniones como es de esperarse que gocen de favor
I with men of wealth. These men of wealth are business men, for the most part elderly men, who are, as is well known, prevailingly of a conserva^ tive temper in all cultural matters, and more
Yo, especialmente en lo que toca a aquellas instituciones que soportan
Estoy por asuntos de negocios.