Word: demanding
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Ever since the demand for men of practical scientific attainments reached such enormous proportions, the need of a new training school for such men at Harvard has been felt with ever-increasing force, and has led to the birth of the Graduate School of Applied Science. Following the example set by the Faculties of Law and Medicine, the founders of the new institution aimed to place it in the front rank. An opportunity was provided when the McKay bequest became available last January, and the first step towards the desired expansion was made with the appointment of Professors Swain...
...business is necessarily complicated in the extreme. The merchant must know how often to turn over every class of merchandise, and when and how much to risk is a matter of daily consideration. Special alertness is required for stocks in which there are changes of styles, whereas the demand for some articles can be counted on to follow regular lines...
...some complexity, many episodes of compelling beauty, but as a whole it seems as if the composer had set himself a difficult problem to maintain the thread of continuity without the aid of a closer adherence to conventional form. In substance, however, this work is so interesting as to demand another hearing before attempting a more authoritative opinion. In the first movement of Mr. Clapp's quintet we feel at once the solidity and breadth of structure, although the treatment of the strings is occasionally at variance with traditional quintet style. The themes, striking in themselves, are well adapted...
When Burr was elected captain of the Football team a year ago the outlook before him was far from bright. Not only was there a demand for reorganization of the coaching, but an entirely new team had to be built up. Nevertheless he set about his task with determination and intelligence. He intended to have the best possible coaching for his team, and he got it; he intended to make no mistakes, and none were made. The results were emphatic...
President Eliot spoke last Saturday before the Massachusetts State Child Labor Committee on the education of boys and girls as skilled laborers. He emphasized the fact that the rules of labor unions in this country limit the number of apprentices to far below the natural demand for skilled labor, and are consequently harmful, as they allow only a certain limited number of boys and girls to become skilled laborers. President Eliot discussed the perfection to which the German system of trade schools has been carried. In these schools compulsory education lasts until the age of sixteen, while in the American...