Word: grow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...surplus, and to keep sufficient reserves to guarantee that annual surplus. This cautious policy, which is appropriate to an industrial or commercial establishment, the President and Fellows think not to be best in an educational and charitable institution. Accordingly they believe that the University should be conducted as a grow- ing, changing, expanding organization, losing here, but gaining there, and always turning out from year to year the largest immediate product of well trained young men for the largest possible variety of intellectual work...
Bishop Lawrence spoke of the constant process of change in the life of the University. The new students have come here to grow in strength and ability. They should, also contribute to the growth of the University. The spirit of the place is not "you must...
...land left the young woman by her grandmother. Mrs. Touchstone and Girtred favor the match and the father unwillingly consents to it. Touchstone has two apprentices as dissimilar in character as are his daughters. Quicksilver, the idle prentice, leaves his master to join Sir Flash in his scheme to grow rich on Girtred's land but Golding remains faithfully at the shop. Perceiving the common affection between Golding and Mildred, Touchstone engages them to each other in marriage. As soon as Girtred's land is transferred into cash with the help of Security, the usurer, and Bramble, the lawyer...
...this way the European powers will acquire more territory than is due, and therefore we must look to the future as did President Monroe in the past. To protect the republics from oppression we must act in the old way. Once let in, the European governments will stay and grow stronger...
...photographs of the mountains, illustrating the beautiful forest lands and barren mountain peaks. These forests are being gradually cut by the lumber men, and unless the government prohibits their destruction the country will depreciate both in beauty and value, as the undergrowth is very slow to take root and grow...