Word: keenness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first open forum of this year was held in the Living Room of the Union yesterday evening at 8.15 o'clock. The question under debate was: "Resolved, That Woodrow Wilson Should be Re-Elected President of the United States." The debating on both sides was very keen and spirited, and the whole subject was well threshed out. Each political club was represented by three speakers, and the argument centred around them. Judge A. P. Stone '93, in introducing the first speaker, characterized the two candidates by stating that which ever one is elected, he will be a man who will...
This superior training of many men in the technique of the service and the consequent keen competition for officers' positions would have drawn many more to a voluntary organization, like last year's Regiment than have appeared interested in the present scheme...
...business and dental schools open this year for the first time. Professor Egbert, the director of the School of Business is quoted as saying that many business men from downtown are showing keen interest in the business courses which are being offered at the university through the extension teaching department...
Lawrence Perry, in the New York Evening Post for September 26, has a keen analysis and a just praise for one of the University's strong football points. In commenting on what he calls the "threat game" he says...
...recent death of Professor Josiah Royce of the Philosophy Department has created a vacancy which, unlike some, it will be impossible to fill. It is with a feeling of intense sorrow that both professors and students mourn the loss of a scholar whose mind was so constructive, so keen in the search for philosophic and religious truths. During his twenty-four years as a member of the Philosophy Department Professor Royce's idealistic theories gained world-wide fame, particularly for their tolerance of modern science and its discoveries, instead of the usual and widely prevalent antagonism...