Word: factor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clubs were last year re-organized with the object of making them more of a factor in undergraduate life, and more unified within themselves. They also became affiliated with the Student Council, and were given representation in that body, being the only musical organization in the University to hold that privilege...
...certain respects, fulfilled the generous aims of the founders, many of whom are Harvard graduates. Until the Boston Opera can win for itself by reasonable prices and well-balanced renditions of standard works, the clientele which is the support of the Symphony Orchestra, it is not a real factor in the life of the city, but an exotic growth of which the very existence is precarious. Mr. Damon's article makes a searching examination into the various requirements which have to be adjusted in this most composite of arts, and his suggestions certainly have the spontaneous enthusiasm of youth...
...losing absorbing power. The general result over the country has been the elimination in many cases of private offices, and the creation of large, single, office rooms, the ceilings and walls of which are treated with the new material. The great problem of excessive office noise as an important factor against office efficiency and costs has been solved. Dean Sabine has shown that noise can be controlled and reduced by scientific treatment...
...Wilson, professor of International Law, is a member of the Committee on Panama Canal Tolls, an important factor in the settlement of questions arising under this head
...Harvard Philosophical Club. "A Neglected Factor in the Sub-Conscious," by Dr. E. D. Starbuck. Emerson...