Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sophomore and Junior years the dreaded "Divisionals" are so far distant that it is difficult for the ordinary student to take a very active interest in his tutorial reading, which, at best, is only a very indirect preparation for the examinations. The Senior, however, is anxious to do some thorough work, but is prevented from accomplishing much by lack of time. The most effective tutorial method for Seniors which is now used by at least one member of the Department of Economics, is to hold two "group" or individual conferences a week, one hour on the "general" and one hour...
...almost every case when I became acquainted with the foreigners who make up the greater part of the labor gangs in the iron and steel mills, I found that they resembled everyone else in the important points if not in the minor. They were always anxious to take good care of their families and to give their children an education. They were anxious to stand well among their neighbors but we must remember that their neighbors' viewpoint was different, perhaps, from that of ours...
...Without question the biggest need in connection with industrial unrest is jobs,--steadier jobs, better jobs, jobs whose value and importance to other people and the world in general is better understood by the doers of them, jobs under officials who are more anxious to aid the full enjoyment of the satisfactions that the doers of those jobs and the renderers of those services feel themselves entitled to enjoy...
...avenue. Students who have taken the courses in Military Science and Equitation have made excellent progress in riding and would, no doubt, if ponies were available, give an excellent account of themselves at polo. Were we organized and equipped for the playing material that we have we should be anxious to meet Yale in this excellent sport. No other requires more daring and keenness...
Demarest Lloyd '04, the President of the Loyal Coalition and one of its most active workers, is very anxious to give members of the University an opportunity to hear a well-informed speaker on Anglo-American relations discuss the present situation and consequently has arranged this meeting for the purpose. The Loyal Coalition, which has grown from a small group of men to a large and powerful organization, stands for 100 percent Americanism and friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States...