Word: functional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...amphibian with its engine in front avoids this danger. The engine is inverted to improve the pilot's vision and works apparently even better in this position. This expedient, simple as it may appear, has a great military value. In spite of its novel characteristics and multiple function, the new plane compares very favorably with other Liberty motor Army ships, such as the famous De Haviland, in both speed, climb and maneuverability...
...story of "The Presentation of Christ in the Temple" has been dramatized and is presented immediately after the reading of the lesson. This form of Drama was most popular in the Mediaeval period and was later revived by St. Philip Neri during the 16th century in Rome. Its great function was to impress upon the unlettered people of the day the biblical and historical background of the feasts and festivals of the Church Year, and also to make the Ceremonials more attractive to those who were losing their interest in religious things...
...between preparatory school and college. He has therefore paid particular attention to the problems incidental to this transition. In the first place, he has sought the cooperation of schools a preparing their pupils for the change from school to college. He has also made the system of student advisers function efficiently for the first time, and he has inaugurated the system of writing to the parents of prospective Freshmen for personal information which will be of aid in the choice of advisers. He is also trying to raise the standard of the young assistants in Freshman courses, in the hope...
...Professor Baker's decision had been rendered, an after-thought crept into the minds of some students that they were fitted for just such work as was customary in the Workshop, and that they were being deprived of their inalienable rights, etc., etc. The press thus performed the veritable function of stirring up impulses and inciting efforts, strivings, and in short verve...
There is, however a limit below which expenses cannot be cut and government still function efficiently. No one need fear that expenses will fall below this limit--the bottomless public purse is surety enough. But the question arises: "Will the gross reduction in expenses suffice to make an appreciable lowering of individual taxes?" The answer is doubtful, but there is evidence to make one believe that it will...