Word: depending
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...instructor, will be thrown upon his own initiative. The courses will therefore aim not only to acquaint a man thoroughly with his chosen subject, but to make him more self-reliant and independent in his judgments. Against American education, in general, the criticism may be brought that the students depend too much upon what is told them, upon memory rather than thought. It is necessary to recognize authority but it is also of the highest importance to discover upon what foundations any authority is based. In the small honors courses it will be possible to attempt this and to encourage...
Analysis shows that in each team the line is inferior to the backfield. Consequently as much will depend on the unknown ability of the forward defences to withstand the attacks of the truly brilliant backfields, as will depend on the known strength of these backfields. Perhaps slightly the superior in the line, and of equal power in the backfield, the University team will rely for supremacy to a great extent on the drop-kicking ability of Mahan
Analysis shows that in each team the line is inferior to the backfield. Consequently as much will depend on the unknown ability of the forward defences to withstand the attacks of the truly brilliant backfields, as will depend on the known strength of these backfields. Perhaps slightly the superior in the line, and of equal power in the backfield, the University team will rely for supremacy to a great extent on the drop-kicking ability of Mahan
...hopes on a fast, powerful backfield, the expectation that the week's practice has considerably strengthened the line, and a double and triple lateral pass that has proved decidedly effective thus far Yale looks forward to a victory. The line is inexperienced, and consequently the chances of success depend as much on its unknown ability to stop the Princeton attack as upon the known brilliancy of the Yale backfield. It is certain that the backfield is decidedly superior in every way to the Princeton combination. Wilson, Ainsworth, Knowles, and LeGore forming one of the best offensive machines that has represented...
...their attention largely to technical training; there are few in which liberal studies are not overshadowed by the so-called "practical" interests. Colleges like those in the exchange are maintaining an interest in literature, history, art, and science, on the preservation of which the best elements of our civilization depend...