Word: complement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...were his seniors in point of years and service. General Wood has held this post ever since, and has been active in advocating a more coherent organization of the army. He has raised the number of men in the military branch of the service to nearly full complement...
Almost anyone will admit that bodily exercise is the necessary complement of mental activity, yet there has always remained the valid objection that college athletics are for the few. When the Harvard and Yale class crews meet for the first time on the Basin this afternoon, a big step toward the removal of the objection will be made. Perhaps the most pleasant side of the race, however, is its friendly informality. Strange as it may seem, the Yale crew will race in a Harvard boat, and we hope that it will be properly welcomed and entertained by the Harvard oarsmen...
...difference of opinion among older men as to the relative merits of liberal and technical training. Harvard is primarily an institution of Liberal Arts and Technology, we are proud to admit, stands well in the van of technical schools. It is our belief that the one is the complement of the other. Progress in the field of industry and invention can not be achieved in this country without there are capable and highly trained technical experts. In supplying these, Technology does our country an eminent service. But beside technical training, there is another quality which every real leader, whether...
...face of these facts how can we compare the liberal with the technical education? For some men one is best, for some the other. But for the man who aspires to the foremost rank in the community, the one is the complement of the other. College gives the background--call it culture, breadth of interest, power of comprehension or what you will; but the real life training is becoming more and more the specialty of the professional school. A complete preparation for the work of life can ill forego either the liberal background or the specialized efficiency that comes from...
...forces are the Freshman Dormitories and the union of the Senior class in the Yard. Students of condition Harvard have been unanimous in their approval of President Lowell's new plan for first year men. To have the whole Senior class rooming together in the Yard is the logical complement of this system. It will mean that the work begun in the Freshman year is rounded out and made permanent in the Senior year...