Word: functioning
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...principal function of the Roosevelt America League will be to correlate and combine every school or college activity, physical, intellectual and civic, to the end that all these activities may find their focus in the one word--America...
...average politician, the Public is something to be fawned on one minute and fleeced the next; for the marginal factory owner, it is something to be fleeced always, and fawned on when occasion required. For Mr. Gompers, it is no doubt a Thing whose one function is to have an opinion opposed to most strikes on their merits and against the rest on principle. Some have even doubted the existence of this Public; others have inferred its existence from the trail of havoc it leaves behind, and affirm that they know the particular newspaper office to which it goes each...
...year ago the colleges were disorganized by the necessities of war and the changes they had to make to meet the demand for officers' training camps. As educational institutions they had almost ceased to function. They were military camps first and colleges afterward...
...consequence of this decision there will of necessity be formed an Intercollegiate Aerial League which will function as does the I. C. A. A. A. A. in determining the rules and regulations under which the races will be held. Invitations are now being sent to the other universities and colleges who, it is expected, will join, with the University in the Aerial League...
...invaluable as a source of quick information which may save them many months of arduous research by especially hired experts. With the aid of its well equipped laboratories, Technology will be able to furnish almost immediate information at a minimum cost. An analogy might be drawn between the consulting function of the Department of Agriculture and this new department. If brings the theoretical in close contract with the practical side of industry...