Word: masse
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This year the finals have taken on a new aspect. We are going into them with more of an interest because of the war. That blue book in chemistry means more than simply poring over a mass of material. We are not thinking quite so much about the grades, but are rather desirous of getting more out of the course itself, because we realize that in this respect we are to be of more value to our country. It is not materially different from the idea that makes a man try his best to please his commanding officer, partly from...
...land of cultured people, have been trained by the Classics. A university career has depended for generations on the ability to use the ancient languages, for they have been a foundation rather than an end. As liberal movements have spread over the civilized world, and as the great mass of people has become more interested in the problems of the day, education is not reserved for scholars alone. While mental training becomes more identical with the acquisition of practical knowledge, the demand for instruction in Greek and Latin grows less. The closer the co-operation between universities and the commercial...
...trustees of the University of Pennsylvania have taken no definite action on the plan to admit women students to the university. Failure to act was due probably to a student mass-meeting at which resolutions were passed calling upon the trustees to postpone action. As a result the matter was referred to a special committee to be appointed by Provost Smith. As the board will not meet again for three months, it will be impossible in any event to open the university to women until fall...
Introducing the course of training offered by the Wentworth Institute, President Williston said that its curriculum, although primarily one of peace-arts, was especially adaptable to trench-warfare. The instruction will be divided into six groups: the study of mass and reinforced concrete construction, timber instruction, laboratory instruction in testing the strength of materials, the rigging of lifting apparatus and the handling of heavy materials, electricity as applied to military tactics, and a study of hydraulics...
Once more the long arm of Mars has reached to Massachusetts, and again the great mass of the people of the Bay State have felt his pinch. The immediate cause this time is the recent order of Mr. Storrow, which decrees that after next Monday all activities of the Commonwealth shall cease daily at 10 P. M., and that in all other ways possible, coal and energy created by coal be economized...