Word: function
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...have a College Glee Club that is acknowledged to be one of the best. The members know and render admirably the songs which they choose for their program, but a college glee club is not intended merely to give public entertainments or dual concerts; it has a distinct function within the College. It should not only sing to the students, but should lead them in singing and serve, as its name implies, to make jovial occasions more jovial...
...Yale Alumni Weekly, Dr. F. J. Born, medical examiner of the Yale gymnasium, states that "competitive games and sports should be indulged in by more of the normal, healthy students than now participate in them, because they result be an increase in the sertngth and degree of function of the heart and lungs." It is just this point that the CRIMSON has tried continually to emphasize this year, by urging a general participation in scrub contests, which are becoming more numerous and more popular every year. A move in the right direction was made by the Athletic Committee yesterday, when...
...Origin, Growth, and Function," by J. C. Carter...
...peculiarly essential. Conscientiousness is a normally conservative quality and while it is intolerant of oppression it is amenable to reason. If it will it can treat Municipal Ownership dispassionately and in the interests of public welfare, of financial stability and of local exigency. But whether the expansion of the function of Government comprehend Municipal Ownership of public utilities or confine itself to provision of increased privileges of education and recreation, to public baths, libraries, etc., it is bound to be costly and it is doubtful if the most economical administration would substantially reduce the City's annual budget...
SEMINARY ON AIMS AND METHODS OF PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY AND TEACHING. Topic: "The Function of Philosophical Clubs." Professor Royce. Emerson...