Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with such an attitude in the manner which it deserves. In short, it is his duty to see to it that his class has a crew on the river every day, and that this crew, moreover, is the best that the class can put out. It would cause some comment, we imagine, if the members of the University crew should refuse to row because some of their number were unable to attend practice...
...Evolution of an Ideal" is a well conceived and respectably executed comment on the vulgarizing of men between twenty and forty. "Waiter Number 17," the only story of dazzlingly improper life in the whole number, is not powerful enough for the tragedy it contains...
...chilly afternoon? It seems almost as if undergraduates had given up the idea of participating in athletics for the sake of the sport and exercise, not to mention the honor of the class. That it takes some time to develop a crew is almost too well known to require comment, and it is strange indeed that there are not eight men in the Senior and Junior classes who appreciate the responsibility which this fact lays upon them. The class rowing season lasts only six weeks, the drudgery is reduced to a minimum, and the work is exhilarating; yet two classes...
...recent action of the Student Council in giving its support to raising funds among members of Harvard University for a swimming pool, to be placed in the Cambridge Y. M. C. A., has caused not a little comment. It is evidently the feeling among some men, that, inasmuch as we ourselves lack a swimming pool, our efforts might much better be directed toward securing a pool for Harvard...
...stated in books of reference. Often his notes contain serious errors, due to haste or confusion of mind; more often still they omit the most important facts. There can be no doubt that facts can be learned far more thoroughly and accurately from printed than from spoken words. Criticism, comment, and explanation can, on the other hand be admirably conveyed in lectures, provided the hearer is already acquainted with the facts upon which the comment is based. In an elementary course, for instance, the lecturer rarely sets forth facts not easily obtainable in books; his explanation of these facts...