Word: matter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...however, he should look into the matter thoroughly he could probably assign the cause of his missed opportunities to a poor understanding of his elementary courses. May we blame the instructors for this phenomenon? Considering the American system of education in its entirety it would be impossible to assert that preparatory courses are as generally inefficient as the information of the men would seem to indicate. And yet it is not right to place all the blame on the student. Perhaps the inducement to the intelligent appreciation of a course are not what they should...
...College, Engineering School and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences who registered up to and including January 13. In a number of cases men registered without giving any address. In those instances where the addresses were not later obtainable, the names of the students were nevertheless included as a matter of record. A few notices of change of address were received after the Directory was on the press, too late to be included...
...auditorium of this Museum proved to be hopelessly bad in its acoustic qualities, and President Eliot, who had learned to appreciate Sabine's qualities, asked him to find a remedy. Up to that time success in the building of an auditorium seemed to be almost a matter of chance, and the best architects acknowledged it to be such. In fact it was one of the most famous architects in America who had designed the Fogg Museum...
...after reading this explanation, the petitioners still feel that they have a grievance, I shall be glad to discuss the matter with such representatives as the petitioners may select. C. N. GREENOUGH...
...made extensive experiments upon the relative power of matter to absorb sound, and was a specialist in the acoustics of buildings and rooms...