Word: destroys
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rather the doubt seems to amount to a certainity. In England there is a surplus of unemployed scholars who can undertake the work, while here we must depend on college instructors, whose time is already largely filled. "This feature of the American system, * * * if persisted in, must ultimately destroy the extension scheme itself," for college instructors cannot, with justice to their work, engage in regular outside teaching. The extension movement here therefor, must content itself with a less ambitious scheme than its English prototype. The attitude of Professor Palmer, throughout the discussion is so cool and dispassionate, and his reasoning...
...rather apt to be in college a feeling that everything is running on of itself, and that the world needs no urging or even directing. Experience in managing any one of the college organizations, be it the Botanical Club or the 'varsity eleven, does a great deal to destroy the illusion that things run of their own accord. The duties of an officer of one of these clubs may not be very heavy, but they teach him the important principle of responsibility which is all important in after life. This training in management and responsibility which the clubs give...
Through the researches of those connected with the observatory an almost invaluable library of scientific records has been accumulated. In this collection there are a large number of manuscripts and photographic plates which, if they should be destroyed, could never be replaced. For several years these valuable records have of necessity been stored in a frame building, where fire could destroy in a few minutes the work of years, and have in consequence been a source of great anxiety to the officers of the Observatory. It will be good news, therefore, to all interested in the work of this department...
...rules have had a dangerous tendency to centralize party management; - (a) They destroy deliberation and that spirit of concession existing in permanent legislation; - (b) Suppress criticism, as by "Gag-rule," denying "personal privilege;" - (c) Not the will of individual but the decision of speaker determines the member's participation in business...
...detriment of his official duties. - (b) - Such little official activity as he has shown has been frequently repugnant to the pledges and principles on which he claimed election a year ago, e. g., his re novals and appointments, and his creation of commissions. - (c) He has neglected to destroy or even weaken the "lobby" evil; Lodge's speech in Boston Herald of Sept. 17, 1891, Lodge's speech in Boston Herald of Sept. 24. Guild's speech in Boston Herald of Sept. 29. - (d) He has been inconsistent in policy in regard to municipal honors. Lodge's speech in Boston...