Word: functioned
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...worshippers of a "Rank List" ideal need help of some kind from the College to put them on the path toward complete development. This is just as truly a duty as that of keeping tab on a student's academic standing, for after all, a college has only one function, that of training...
...existence. But it must be remembered that college education is distinguished from education in general by the term "higher," which is its peculiar characteristic. And the very fact that there are masses and classes distinguishes socalled "education" as a general term, from the peculiar product of the colleges. Their function as colleges is to dispense a species of education above the capacity of the masses...
Those college who have already taken definite steps to limit enrollment have taken definite steps to realize their true function as institutions of higher learning. There seems to be a general agreement to misunderstand Yale's recent action. The sons of Yale graduates are to be given preference only if they can fulfill the entrance requirements. Such limitation must, of course, debar the unfit and open limitless possibilities to those who can and will profit by their advantages. On the whole, this is the present trend in American colleges...
...battleship is the element of ultimate force in the fleet, and all other elements are contributory to the fulfilment of its function as the final arbiter in sea warfare...
...greatest propelling force is obtained when the circumferential speed of the revolving towers is about 3½ times as great as the speed of the wind. The Buckau, whose revolving towers are about ten feet in diameter with a possible speed of 150 revolutions per minute can, therefore, function most efficiently in winds up to 15 miles an hour. By building rotor-ships with towers of greater diameter and greater speed of revolution, it should be possible to "sail" efficiently in high winds such as the Buckau encountered on this voyage...