Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...enter which must make the quality of the food lower or its price higher. It seems to us that one of the prime needs of Harvard is to make the cost of a sufficiently high standard of living among the students as small as possible; and the fact that control by private enterprise makes against this is not hastily to be passed over...
...while his work behind the bat has been very encouraging. Williams the other candidate for catcher is a good back-stop, throws hard and accurately, but so far has been weak at the bat. The pitchers are Forsyth, Altman, Bradley and Hitzrot. They all have speed and fairly good control. Bradley has been playing well in the field, but has not pitched any owing to a lame arm. The showing made by the others has been about equal. Otto, the first baseman, has shown great improvement in batting, while his fielding is very sure. King at second is strong...
...attainment of the end for which we are living? Before answering this let us consider what is the end towards which we are striving. We regard the world as striving towards perfection and our end is accomplished if we help it in that province over which we have control, that is by the elevation of society...
deeply concern us, and control of the future, and yet that it cannot even give us the fool's paradise it promised us; at such a moment it needs some moderation not to be attacking Philistinism by storm, but to mine it through such gradual means as the slow approaches of culture. But the hard unintelligence, which is just now our bane, cannot be conquered by storm, it must be supplied and reduced by culture, by a growth in the variety, fullness, and sweetness of our spiritual life; and this end can only be reached by studying things that...
...constitution from the trustees, but makes its own by-laws and appoints what committees it sees fit. New members are eligible only on election by the house-the university reserving the right to fill vacancies temporarily should they occur. The financial policy of the dormitory is largely under the control of the house. The trustees stand ready to make any reasonable expenditures for furniture and the like which the house is willing to pay interest...