Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...moderate number of the books most in demand at the moment, so far as the demand can be ascertained in advance, are kept behind the Superintendent's desk and are handed out on request and for a limited time. Unless the other books can be protected from depredation by the cultivation of an unmistakable and executive public opinion against a mean and selfish use of them, we may as well send the books all back to their places in the bookstack and confess that a reading room with open shelves is a failure...
...interest in studies at Harvard after reading the communication from Mr. Lane which we print in another column? Many earnest individuals not content with monopolizing the air and books of Gore Hall for hours at a time must needs appropriate for their exclusive use the volumes most in demand. As long as they are actually using the books no one can severely censure them except for dullness; but when they attempt to found a private library by stealthy and underhand methods, it is time for all fairminded frequenters of the Library, as well as the less studiously inclined, to constitute...
...turn to the stage from a want of anything better. The American stage depends upon more than transient stars for its real value as an educational influence and a transmittendum to posterity. Should not Harvard with its recognized advantages do its part toward developing actors of recognized ability? We demand the highest qualifications for teachers and members of other professions. Is there any real reason why we should not demand an equally high standard for the men who divert us in our leisure hours, and, since demands alone are generally ineffective, should we not back them up by some tangible...
...Government comprehend Municipal Ownership of public utilities or confine itself to provision of increased privileges of education and recreation, to public baths, libraries, etc., it is bound to be costly and it is doubtful if the most economical administration would substantially reduce the City's annual budget as the demand for public improvements growing out of the awakened appreciation of their social value would probably absorb all the saving. It is most probable that for a long time to come public spirit will cheerfully carry the present burden of taxation if the expenditure only reaches its destination undiminished by graft...
...reply for the negative side. He said the Separation Act was unjustifiable because it suddenly and arbitrarily violated a solemn agreement made between Napoleon I and the Pope, without any reference to the present head of the Roman Church. The violation was not based upon any great popular demand, or on any pressing necessity caused by the interference of the Church with the functions of the State. The Separation Act was the result of more political scheming and Anti-Christian agitation. A. Horvitz '10 continued the argument to the effect that the specific provisions of the Act worked injustice...