Word: imperfection
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Poetry of Edward Rowland Sill" is an interesting review, especially in its final pages. Though the style often shows an imperfect sense of the value of words, the writer's evident love of literature, his sympathy with his subject and, at times, his genuine warmth, make his work promising. His extracts from Sill's poetry are less impressive than he means them to be. "The Fool's Prayer," striking as it is, contains more truth than poetry, and would scarcely stick in the reader's mind except for the brilliant perversion at the end,--"O, Lord...
...extreme specialization, and there will be fair amount of judicious choice of correlated subjects. The general conclusion is that a boy of eighteen who has had a good training up to that age will ordinarily use the elective system wisely, and that the boy who has had an imperfect or poor training up to eighteen years is more likely to accomplish something worth while under an elective system than under any other...
Recent conferences between the University Debating Club and prominent graduate coaches of University teams make it probable that several important changes will be made this year in the system of debating. Although the present method of conducting University debates has worked successfully, it is still thought to be imperfect in several respects. The probable changes will come in the system of preliminary trials for debates, in the method of choosing judges, and in the work to be done by the second or alternate team. In all trials for University contests it is recommended that the men who have debated against...
...behalf of mankind. Even the doctrines of the Council of Trent may be purified by this moralization: the Papacy becomes the assertion of the need of unity: Trans substantiation the change of the 'idea' which makes us feel the presence of Christ: Purgatory the hope of restoration for imperfect souls. So, in the dominant belief of a later time, inspiration becomes the association not only of Prophets and Apostles but of all Christ like men and writings in the redemptive, uplifting work of the Saviour. The Atonement in a reconciliation in mind and deed to God through the self-offering...
There are three devices for promoting a good mutual understanding between the home and the school: "Pupil Study," "Parent's Meetings," and "Education Societies." These are as yet more or less imperfect but they are decidedly promising. Through these or similar devices, the individual home and the community will gradually learn that every educational demand puts corresponding educational problems to the school, that these problems can be solved successfully and wisely only by professional teachers working in the school, and not by laymen; and that patience and a willingness to experiment intelligently are indispensible in the wise solution of educational...