Word: building
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Garcelon spoke of his personal interest in lacrosse and of its great value as a sport in which any style or build of athlete can win success. As a minor sport, lacrosse has developed amazingly during the last few years, and the result of last season's games in the eyes of the Athletic Association fully atones for and justifies the deficit of $2000 caused by the sport...
...history of the building, which is a comparatively modern one, extends back over half a century. The proposal to build a permanent home for the President of the University was made first by the Honorable Peter C. Brooks, in 1846, when he contributed $10,000 for the proposed building. It was not until fifteen years later, however, when the fund had grown to $16,000, that the house was completed. President Felton moved into it during the summer of 1861, living there less than a year. President Hill resided there from 1862 to 1868, when President Eliot succeeded him. President...
...short, the policy of permanent arbitration for all disputes is possible as anultimate ideal, but it can only come through a long and slow development. As in the case of the rights of private individuals, recognition must be slow: we must gradually build up a body of law. In the meantime, we must be ready to fight, and in this connection we should remember the words of Washington's maxim that "preparation for war is the best assurance of peace. LOUIS SUSSDORFF...
...misconception to take such statements as indicative of an impassible breach between the students and the Faculty, for the only courses in which a man may fall to come into contact with a professor are those large elementary lecture courses which every one must take to build a foundation for the special work of his college career. When a man has chosen his major subject and begins to specialize, he inevitably comes into contact with the leading men in his department. Yet it is true and is to be regretted that a man may never form the intimate friendly relations...
...higher rates of insurance. In the fiscal year 1910-11 we paid for the support of our army and navy over 43.3 percent, of our total expenditures, and 24.1 per cent, more for pensions, the burden of past wars--a total of over 440 million dollars--enough to build two hundred Widener libraries. The only possible way to stop this mad race of nations apparently trying only to discover which can bear the greatest burden of taxation, is to end the race. The United States would perform a higher mission than every before were she to set the example here...