Word: foresight
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...seems to be more and more borne out by experience that most of us lose the greater proportion of the various advantages around us which are persistently slipping by, through a lack of foresight. When the announcement of a course of lectures by some eminent historian or a series of concerts appears early in the College year one looks forward to it with the keenest anticipation; the danger is that the greatest pleasure which will be gained is in this same delightful anticipation, for when the time comes, there is a duty or an obligation of some sort which makes...
...good runner out of condition is not so efficient as a less able one who is physically fit. Coach Lothrop was directly responsible for an error in judgment, Captain Dodge indirectly so, because he was not on hand to oversee the team. The material was there, but the foresight and headwork were lacking. In this respect Yale was superior, and we do not wish to belittle her victory. But when defeat has come as the result of our own negligence and folly it is doubly hard to bear...
...most part, owned and controlled by the government, with the reckless and destructive methods adopted in this country. In Germany the forests are continually watched by trained and highly educated men and, in certain districts, the future growths are rockoned for 150 years in the future. The lack of foresight displayed in this country offers great opportunities for technically trained men who are willing to sacrifice physical comforts to the hardy life of a forester, and it is toward this end that our schools of forestry are doing national good...
...committee of conference appointed by the Corporation May 16, 1904, at the instance of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology be discharged; and that the President be requested to express to the members of the two committees of conference the high appreciation by the Corporation of the foresight, good judgment, and public spirit of which the Committees' project for a close affiliation between the Institute and the University gives evidence, and the regret of the President and Fellows that the project has been brought to naught by the recent decision of the Supreme Court, which makes it impossible...
...enthusiasm then aroused and to the courage and foresight of Captains Goodrich, Perkins and Higginson, in changing the old system of lass races and preparation for the University crew is larpely due the present increased general interest and skill. The new boathouse given by the New York graduates has now been in use one year, and has contributed very greatly to the pleasure and attractiveness of rowing for many...