"Because of its very personal influence men of action as far back as Cicero have proclaimed that there can be no more distinguished calling than that of instructing youth."
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"Social Life as an Academic Problem", Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors 11(1924): 68.
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Ethel Hampson Brewster
Ethel Hampson Brewster (1886-07-03 – 1947-08-18) was an American college professor and philologist. She was Dean of Women and taught Greek and Latin at Swarthmore College, where she was a member of the faculty from 1916 to 1947.
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