Word: manned
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...death of Professor Norton the University and the community at large have lost a personality whose widely extended influence for good, during more than one generation, cannot be adequately told. Professor Norton was not only a man of high scholarly attainments and ideals, but he was a citizen who had the welfare of the community at heart, and took an active part in its concerns as far as need required and opportunity offered. He was also a warm-hearted and hospitable friend to a wide circle of men of many callings, and was always ready to serve them...
...next touched upon the folly of joining neither party because of unwillingness to accept all the doctrines offered by either, saying that a man should join the party with which he sympathizes on the whole, and should not stand to one side...
...Freshman debating club contains more unexplored possibilities than most people give it credit for. The fact that a man does not have to be a debater at all to join the club puts it at once on a broader basis than most first-year organizations, and in that way it becomes a desirable institution for widening a Freshman's acquaintance. The Freshman club is essentially a beginner's organization and a large part of its most valuable work lies outside the field of formal debating. Rather than ponder subjects of international policy or political significance, the club would do well...
...have already conquered the land and the sea, said Mr. Clayton, and we are now beginning the conquest of the air. It was only after the lifting power of the atmosphere and the heating power of gas were discovered that man first rose in the air. Only two years after the discovery of the balloon, Dr. Jeffries of Boston made an ascent for a scientific study of the atmosphere, and soon after crossed the English Channel in his balloon. As was found out after these experiments, the upper strata of the air at a distance of more than five...
...committee is concerned and it presents in a few words just what opportunities there are for men interested in the various branches of social work and what the work actually consists of. It is the intention of the committee to send a copy of this pamphlet to every man who signed the unofficial card on registering, expressing a willingness to do social service work if opportunity were presented. This, then, is in the nature of a presentation of any number of opportunities and directions for using them. The pamphlet is not intended solely for those who signed the cards, however...