Word: abstraction
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Paul's School, Garden City, Long Island; Mr. W. W. Orr '96, principal of the Central High School, Springfield, Mass.; and Dr. David Snedden, State Commissioner of Education for Massachusetts, will speak on "The Achievements and Shortcomings of the American College." This will be followed by an abstract from the report of the Committee on Educational Progress, by J. E. Downey, the chairman. J. McK. Cattell, professor at Columbia University, and G. R. Hill, president of the University of Missouri will discuss the same subject after dinner. The morning session only will be open to the public...
...interpreting scientific men, philosophers and religious men to each other. His own way of thinking has many points of resemblance to what is known as pragmatism in this country. His effort, since the publishing of his first book, has been to show that concrete life exceeds our powers of abstract formulation, that what we see, feel and think in the world of reality are only approximations which the intellect uses to make fact more amenable to its powers of treatment...
...term "apology" is not really adequate, for Pascal was more than an apologist for religion; he aimed not only at writing an abstract defence of religion, but also at converting the atheists and re-establishing true Christianity against those who partially confused it with paganism. The originality in Pascal's point of view lies in this: from a consideration of human nature he shows that communion with the Christian God is necessary for a man to re-establish harmony within his being. Thus a rational connection is shown between man's nature and his spiritual life. This view we must...
...report of the Tax Commissioner of the State of Massachusetts, an abstract of which is printed elsewhere, may give additional impetus to the agitation for the taxation of property held by educational institutions in this state and especially the Cambridge holdings of Harvard University; for, the Tax Commissioner singles out Harvard and says the College has expanded until it is close to, if it has not already touched the point where it will be a burden on the city. This statement has been made many times but the truth of it has never been demonstrated. On the contrary, the friends...