Word: directous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...look at the different sects and denominations which have grouped themselves under the name of religion; we see nothing but conflict and bad feeling, each party accusing the others of heresy or inconsistency; but Christ is watching over the struggle and will direct man to that ideal time when each lover of Jesus shall count his fellow Christian as a brother...
...School at Athens is now in its twelfth year. It was founded October 2, 1882, under the auspices of the Archaeological Institute of America and has been conducted by a Managing Committee of which Professor John Williams White of Harvard was the first chairman. The school is under the direct management of a permanent director, Dr. Charles Waldstein of Cambridge, England. With him is associated an annual director who is chosen each year by the managing committee, from one of the cooperating colleges in the United States. Professor White of Harvard is the present annual director...
...interest in all public speaking and the practice of it in the different debating societies. That such interest should be aroused is desirable. It tends to bring about a more healthy proportion in the interest taken by the students in the different activities of the college, and is the direct means of equipping them with the ability of expressing ideas to their fellow men in after life with clearness and with force...
...petition itself there will be no objection. It is pretty safe to say, however, that a majority of those who favor the new relation of Harvard and the Annex agree with the main point of the petition, the request that students of Radcliffe College shall have degrees direct from Harvard as our students do. The only difference is that the petitioners want this from the beginning while the others simply hope for it ultimately. This point of difference is the only thing we wish to discuss here...
...much mistaken a majority of Harvard professors and some at least of the overseers also feel that it is unsatis factory, but,- and here is the important thing,- under existing circumstances an unsatisfactory thing is the only thing possible. This does not mean that Harvard will never give degrees direct to students of Radcliffe College; under existing conditions, the overseers simply do not care to take the complete responsibility of thus conferring degrees. The signature of the president and the seal of the University are rather in the nature of an endorsement than a first-hand of an endorsement than...