Word: factor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...operated a variety of public utilities such as water supply; it is the proposed extension of the principle upon a scale of portentous magnitude that gives the issue its engrossing interest. The proposition is in itself characteristic of the age, for whether it be regarded as a real factor in the progress of civilization or only the mistaken dream of impracticable visionaries, it is entitled to the credit of a gentle birth. It is one of the phenomena of the groping fraternalism that has so markedly characterized the civilization of the last half century. This question cannot be arbitrarily dismissed...
...influence of environment is recognized as a powerful factor in determining some features of our life. Motive is not among the features that are subject to the determining influence of environment. Every man is responsible for his motives, good or bad. Since this is the case, and since motives are so important in coloring all our actions, how important it is that our motives should be the best...
There are several causes which tend to increase the cost of board. The higher prices of staples which affect even the reduced contract prices which the H. D. A. enjoys is a material factor. The reduced number of men among whom the cost of the improvements is divided also appears in the balance sheet. Furthermore, there is a great variety of meats and desserts which leads to waste even although the help are served with a greater variety than is necessary. Lastly, the average cost of board is increased by men who are willing to obtain at any price...
...work this fall has been the development of the forward pass and on-side kick, two most valuable plays in the new game. The forward pass early in the season was very weak, but by constant use in daily practice and in games, it has been made a strong factor as a means of gaining ground...
...obligation a man assumes in accepting an office, he owes to himself the duty of obtaining whatever business training he can absorb from his office and by so doing proves the oft repeated saying that the knowledge we receive in college from our books is but a small factor in the general education that college offers to the man who is ready to profit by every opportunity...