Word: exerts
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...West who are now in the University. The graduates in the West should be urged through the graduate papers to use their influence to send men here, and everyone of the undergraduate Westerners as well should so realize the great advantages that we have here that he should exert to the utmost his influence among his friends in the West, however small the number may be, to bring more men here from the West...
Where in life shall we place the emphasis? said Dr. McClure. Emphasis is used by us to indicate special significance for our own sakes and for the influence we desire to exert. Thus it is well for us to consider what things are of proeminent importance. As we study the life of Christ, we find the general principle exemplified in his life of laying emphasis on affirmative rather than on negative things. He was a constructionist...
...welcome accorded to the Review, two motives may be expected to exert their influence. The first is the interest excited by suspicion. We have heard of the Presbyterian Elder who usually slept during the sermon when his own minister was the preacher, but who, when a stranger occupied the pulpit, remained wide awake and keenly alert. He gave as his reason for this change of attitude, his assurance of the soundness of his minister, and his conviction that when a stranger came, he needed watching. There are many dormant minds to whom this Review with its new and unknown character...
...oldest University in the land, Harvard has perhaps the fewest traditions. Probably that is for the best, for this University has always stood for freedom of thought and action. But certain observances which exert an unconscious influence upon all who live under them are not inconsistent with true freedom. When opportunities for these arise, let us not be ashamed to display an interest in them, whether the interest is prompted by mere sentiment or by a deeper realization of that which lies behind the public expression...
...place among the foremost institutions of applied engineering in the country. In this development the almuni organization should take an important part. Similar organizations have been successful in the Law and Medical Schools, and, if they are not responsible for the high position of these departments, they certainly exert a quiet but far-reaching influence...