Word: endeavors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great Gold Medal is awarded for distinguished service in a special field of endeavor, either in the form of a specific act or a notable career. In accordance with the custom of inscribing on the medal some significant phrase descriptive of the activities of the recipient, the Civic Forum has decided to inscribe the word "Teacher" upon the medal...
...Alas! How slow is the progress which we make in philosophy, and, alas! how difficult the acquisitions of knowledge while life is so short. My friends endeavor to console me by making me hope that my name will survive. . . . But of what use is a name to an ephemary who perishes? And what will become of all history in 18 hours, when the Moulin Joli and the whole world will come to an end, when all things will be enveloped in universal ruin? As for me, . . . one real pleasure remains, . . . and that is the conviction I have tried during...
...airplane at Étampes directed by wireless. (P. 26.) Carl Sandburg and his mystical, rhythmical love of Chicago. (P. 15.) Dr. Koo, who is said to have lost "by one bamboo" and, sportsmanlike, to have taken the post of Foreign Minister as penalty. (P. 13.) An endeavor to stimulate undergraduate thought and learning in spite of the curriculum. (P. 19.) Foch, Marshal of Poland. (P. 23.) More pay for the men who make steel and cloth. (P. 6.) Ambassadorial homesickness as exhibited by Mr. Harvey. (P. 9.) Monte San Nicholas-eternal tribute to the dead. (P. 15.) Captain Thomas Jefferson...
...independent character of their work, will acquire a fruitful method of investigation. We hope that they will feel the inspiration of a great subject and that their efforts will be sided by the law of the reciprocal relation between initial interest and knowledge, which operates in every intellectual endeavor, namely that with initial interest there comes knowledge, and with that increase of knowledge there comes increase of interest...
...been the endeavor of the society to cooperate with local churches in interesting men in various church activities. Notices of meetings are welcomed and are given publicity...