Word: directness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...acquire as complete a knowledge of some one subject, but it is generally conceded, I think that the chief purpose of a college education is population of mental power on the part of the student. It is platitudinous to say that nothing that one learns in college is of direct use in after life. Knowledge is a means, not an end. Whether that knowledge be concentrated or diversified is of little consequence so long as it is profound enough to give the desired mental power. ALFRED WALTER...
...that part is in actual practice more negative than positive. He takes part in the game more by his steadying influence than by any real part in the playing of the game, although this statement must vary according to the coach considered, and any coach has the opportunity to direct the playing in such a way as to turn the game into a victory...
...Brown life. It is the accepted place for college mass meetings, addresses before the students, and especially for a series of College Nights, run jointly by the Union and the Christian Association. This latter organization also has its home in Rockefeller Hall, its object being to centralize and direct the religious activity of Brown men. The work of the Association is nonsectarian and covers a wide field, including the management of the Employment and Equipment Bureaus, social extension work in the city, classes for special study and the like...
Voluntary practice for candidates for the University and Freshman crews will begin at the Newell boathouse today. The boathouse will be open every day both morning and afternoon and Coach Wray will be on hand to direct the work on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and every afternoon except Saturday. While every one who is able should come out, it is particularly desirable that all Freshmen and others who have had little rowing experience should report, as this is an excellent opportunity to receive individual coaching. It is to be remembered, however, that voluntary rowing must be kept secondary to college...
...Nichols said it was hard to deal directly with summer baseball on account of the indirect way in which a player often received his recompense. He mentioned instances of a boy jumping over a bat for a bet of $50 with the manager of a baseball team, or of tending a soda fountain at a summer hotel for half an hour a day at $50 a week. He could see no objections to a bona fide resident playing with a summer nine provided he received no compensation either direct or indirect...