Word: directous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...merely for lack of general will to come to some agreement. In any league which may be now formed, it should not prove difficult to guard against a repetition of the conditions which led to the present separation. Out of experience, the schools should have learned sufficient wisdom to direct with success their mutual efforts toward maintaining friendly relations with each other...
...charitable work in the College is done by men who have no connection with any of the religious societies. Their number is fortunately large. While the organization of philanthropic work is important, the most truly philanthropic work is that which appears in the individual's contribution of direct personal service. It is pleasing to know that this is not lacking at Harvard; to realize that the religious activity in the college is not dependent wholly upon the efforts of a few enthusiasts, but has a deeper foundation in the prominent religious tendencies of a considerable body of the students. Because...
...Subscriptions may be sent through any of the undersigned or direct to the treasurer. Any guarantor who so desires may pay his total subscription...
...necessarily inconsistent, as shown by - (1) Reformed city governments. - (2) Perfection of certain departments, e. g., Fire and Police Departments. - (3) Foreign experience, e. g., Birmingham: Forum, Vol. 14, p. 267. - (4) The judgment of reformers and practical men. - (d) Undesirable voters can be excluded in more direct and practicable ways. - (1) The ignorant, by an educational qualification. - (2) The corrupt, by more efficient bribery laws. - (3) Criminals by disfranchisement. - (4) The "floaters," by residence qualifications...
...Julin spoke in rebuttal for Yale. He made a very direct and forcible speech. He stated his arguments plausibly and carried the audience with him by his earnestness...