Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rigueur. (Of these, the most picturesque is the Baptist belief that the body of a convert must be totally immersed in water-either running water such as the River Jordan or a pool constructed in the church. Most other churches from Catholic to Calvinist are content with symbolical sprinkling of water on the forehead...
...know something about ethics--what determines man's duties to his fellow men, to society, to himself. If he has studied science or mathematics, he will turn to logic and the theory of knowledge; he will want to know how to think accurately and he will not be content with the details of a particular science but will inquire about the methods of all sciences. If he is interested in history, literature, and the general evolution of ideas, he will want to take up the thought of past ages the great philosophical systems which have contributed to the stream...
...sciences, to history, to literature, for concrete material for his philosophical reflections. One can not live on a diet of generalization, but neither can he live by bread alone; and the primary appeal of philosophy is to the mind which cares for speculation, which is not content with what can be found merely here...
...asks for more consideration of the undergraduate body, and less attention to the schools for advanced study. In defense of the administration, it must be said that the graduate and undergraduate schools are symbolic. Neither could exist without the other. Men of the highest calibre would not be content to teach elementary courses without the resources of the graduate schools. We should lose their services. The greatness of Yale lies not in the superficialities acquired with the college or Sheff degrees. To keep pace with other universities, Yale must be more than a home of sweetness and light, more than...
Merrill was content with rowing stroke for stroke with Princeton down the course. Both crews held the beat at a steady thirty-two, with Harvard pulling gradually ahead of Princeton and Yale slipping back. Nearing the one and one-quarter mile mark Harper called for the final spurt and open water began to show between the two leading shells. As the finish line was reached. Merrill's crew was fast drawing away...