Word: elemente
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...establishment of such an intercollegiate competition is certainly very desirable, and its application would not be difficult. Any plan that is bound to increase undergraduate interest in scholarship and literary work is meritorious. This suggestion, if carried out, would have this influence, because it introduces the element of competition with an old and respected rival. It furnishes a definite and practical goal, which undergraduates would feel to be tangible and well worth striving after. Then, too, although the proposal has a financial aspect, and donations are scarce when new libraries and other buildings are going up, its practical application would...
...this been the first instance of its kind. I have been present several times during the present scholastic year at undergraduate meetings when Colonel Roosevelt's name was mentioned and hissed by a certain element in the meeting. Mr. Editor, I think the time has come when those of us who are jealous of the honor and the reputation of our University should lift our voices in protest. Perhaps we could afford to let men who are incapable of indicating their disapproval of a man and his policies in a more gentlemanly and dignified way place appraisal upon themselves...
...temperamental young artist, Henri Duval, in ridding himself of his highly irritating mother-in-law, Madame Bonivard. To this end he sacrifices his wife, Diane, and marrying again, finds out to his extreme dismay, that the widowed father of his new wife, has brought back the disturbing element by marrying Diane. The extrication of all concerned from this dilemma is the final event of the play...
This introduces the element of the walking distance." There was originally a proposal to locate the Union on Massachusetts avenue between the Yard and the Gold Coast, where every undergraduate of high or low degree would have fallen over it several times a day, for it is surprising how a four-minute walk deters able-bodied boys: The more attractive Quincy-street site was chosen, and the building is, consequently, off the main-travelled paths...
...Berlin and Strassburg and has taught at several theological schools. His books on Hebrew and oriental literature are authoritative and he is also well known as a contributor to American and foreign reviews and magazines. The subject of his first lecture on November 18, will be "The National Element in Judaism." The two other lectures given by him will be on "The Religious Element in Judaism", and "The Future of Judaism in America...