Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...there is one argument urged in behalf of the boarding school which we wish to discredit; the argument, namely, that a young boy, by the experience of a boarding school life, is made manly, self-reliant, independent. The words are often used with very little distinction, but the underlying idea is that the boy at an early age begins to enjoy the privileges and to be credited with certain of the powers of a man, and so becomes decidedly active in shaping his own destiny. There is truth in these statements, but it needs all the American's love...
...Ball, who went from here to the University of North Carolina, started there the idea of a cooperative society. The society was organized and a stock of goods worth $2,000 was bought from the Harvard society. The society continues to supply the one in North Carolina. It has also sold the University of North Carolina $1,000 worth of books for its library, bidding for the contract against several New York firms. A large wholesale business is carried on with colleges all over the country. All this outside business helps to increase the dividends of the members...
...idea of such an invention was suggested to Professor Hollis by an appliance which is used to test the action of steam engines. Still the knowledge which Professor Hollis has brought to bear in making his invention cannot be said to be exclusively theoretical, because his extensive experience in the navy of the United States has given him a thorough knowledge of the practical side of rowing...
Science is primarily a characteristic of the Aryan race. The earliest idea was that all things were ordained by a power greater than man. Invariably there is the idea of a god or a number of gods resembling mankind in form. The first great step in the advance of science was the dehumanizing of the causes which brought about all natural phenomena. This was due to Plato who founded that school of philosophers known as the Sceptics. Aristotle carried Plato's idea further. He conceived that the production of everything was due to antecedent causes. Thus science departed from...
...position of the Yale crews recently editorially expressed, that the country at large - as represented by the daily press - seems to think that Yale undergraduates are interested in nothing but athletics - an erroneous idea for which newspaper correspondents and the ordinary speeches at alumni meetings, are largely to blame, receives many indorsements, the New York Tribune laying special emphasis on these sentiments. The steady improvement in Yale's scholastic atmosphere is much more than keeping pace with her athletic prestige - and the fact is realized here, if not elsewhere. Yale may not be successful in the next few debates...