Word: less
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...believe that America and the world in general will accept the first alternative. But if we are to grasp the second alternative it must be at the cost of as much intelligent energy as is now applied to the higher but less vital activities of our civilization. While the college man cannot compete with the technically-trained man in the technical processes of production, he probably has a higher place in their ultimate direction. The man with the broad understanding of industry and human polity, not the specialist in one productive process, will devise the sweeping industrial reforms we need...
...comment is unnecessary. But it must be remembered that chemistry is of even more value in peace than it is in war. America is gradually awakening to the consciousness that, because everything is composed of 'chemicals' and depends for its properties upon its chemical nature, chemistry enters more or less into everything. People are beginning to realize that manufactures must be fostered, and also that chemical knowledge must be applied in many other industries not primarily of a chemical nature...
...both University and Freshman oarsmen reported at the Locker Building for the first practice of the season yesterday. Only 50 men from the upper classes answered the call, as compared with 70 last year and 108 the year before, while for 1921 the showing was still more meagre, less than 45 candidates being on hand for the initial workout. However, as the crew work will not be allowed to interfere with the R. O. T. C. schedule, it is expected that the squad will be materially increased within the next few days. Candidates who come out today or tomorrow will...
Despite the racy notion on which the piece is founded, it affords genuine and, for the most part, wholesome laughs. The spice of the play is not nearly so vicious as that of other less shocking shows that have played Boston this season--"Upstairs and Down," for example...
...Lampoon's prologues in all special numbers are invariably striking, and that for the "--Less" number runs true to form. The three editorials, though constructed according to the approved formula, fall a trine short. The celebrated punch that every editorial needs is parried in each, and the three dissertations therefore miss their mark. But the worst is all over when those pages are passed...