Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor Munsterberg's new book which recently appeared in Leipzig, Germany, and has just reached Cambridge, is called "Grundzuege der Psychologie". The work discusses the general principles which underlie the study of the mind. It is, as the preface says, a philosophical effort to harmonize in a systematic way the positivistic and the idealistic aspects of mental life; a synthesis between physiological psychology and morality. The problems of the will thus take the most prominent place in the volume. The aims, methods, limits, ideals and applications of psychology make up the first part; the second part is devoted...
...Hale, all big enough for guards, were put in the back positions. The difficulty with this plan became evident in the Dartmouth game, when for the first time Yale lined up against a fast aggressive team. The backs were found to be too slow. From that time every effort has been devoted to making the team quicker. In the Indian game lighter backs were tried, and the good work of Fincke and Dupee made it a question whether light fast backs are not more effective than the heavy men used early in the season. This question is still undecided...
...bring light and fire to the people of the earth, then in darkness, but only partly succeeds; and in the end ruins himself. Out of this myth has been developed a philosophical back ground for the poem, having as its theme the thought that, when people make an effort to better the world they are always successful, though they may seem to fail...
...street. The need of this improvement has doubtless been felt by every man who has listened to the creaking chains and rusty joints of the present structure. "At the Gate" by R. W. Child '03, is very obvious as far as the plot goes, after the first page. The effort to introduce more of the college element into college stories, however, is commendable and does much toward making it acceptable to undergraduate readers. "From Oxford to Henley-on-Thames," by F. R. Dickinson '03, is pleasantly written, but drags toward the end. A sketch by F.R. Dubois '01 entitled "Stuttering...
When the actual playing did begin the choice of the first eleven proceeded very slowly. All the men were given a good chance and every effort was made to get the very best man for each place. This stage of the choice of material has continued until this week and the final disposition of the men has been uncertain in a majority of the cases...