Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...things considered, it has gone far to accomplish its purpose. The difficulties which met the new plan were great, for in the first year seventy-four courses were offered, although the corps of instructors was not increased to meet the extra demand. This naturally led to some confusion at first, but fortunately the elective system of courses had been introduced in a modified form in 1867, and this afforded an outlet to many who wished to take advantage of the new courses. It also enabled professors to offer advanced courses to graduate students at the same time freeing them from...
What the object of the Graduate School is, may best be stated by calling it a professional school of arts and sciences. Modern requirements for teachers are high, and scientific methods of investigation are daily in greater demand. This is what most graduate students are seeking for; but at the same time the School will always welcome those who come merely for the broader culture which it offers...
...coffee planters are without capital to make good the losses of the recent disastrous hurricane. Porto Rico lacks markets as a direct result of American acquisition. There is a solemn obligation upon the United States to furnish a substitute for those lost markets. The highest considerations of justice demand that we open our markets to the Porto Ricans. American markets are ample for Porto Rican Products." He then went on to show that the United States furnished more than sufficient markets, and that in every instance the Porto Rican products formed no serious competitive force against American produce...
...negative position secures every advantage of the affirmative and we do not injure the prosperity of the island while we attempt to upbuild it. We furthermore argue for the right of Congress to deal with the island as needs demand...
...failure to perform it involves the suffering of innocent persons. Again, duty is universal; that is, in following it we conform to a universal law, and any omission of it must be regarded as a sin. Here the similarity to religion and its laws is too clear to demand explanation. Finally, duty is always authoritative. It is the call of the whole world upon the individual, and for this reason it can never be avoided without some resulting misfortune. This call of duty issues from...