Word: mean
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first of the five changes. President Eliot says, does not mean the mere introduction of natural history, for this has been done already in many cases, but the changing it into a thorough study, with considerable time devoted to it. The second of the five changes provides that laboratory work shall be performed by the children themselves, which is not prescribed even in the schools that have adopted teaching by experiments. President Eliot advocates the remaining changes as well, and says that the plan needed in the schools is practically the Harvard elective system. If children have a liking...
...Reuben Kidner addressed the St. Paul's Society last evening, suggesting a plan by which the organization might be made to mean more to the members. Most of the leading men in theology in England, at the present day know one another well and the acquaintance almost invariably began with college talks and discussions. The mutual advantages that must have been gained in this way are great, as those can easily believe who have had talks even of the most informal kind on theology or other serious subjects. The St. Paul's Society could surely make no mistake in asking...
...houses on the side streets, not in attractive palaces, on the highway. Then I can feel that when I send my boy on an errand he will not be tempted to stop at every corner to see what the brilliant lights and crowds of a saloon mean. On the question of suppressing the open bar all parties should unite...
...cumulative force of example or persuasio turn you one hair's breadth from what you regard as your duty; by making your own way through college a right line, a straight line in the direct way from earth to heaven. Make your uttered profession whenever your silence would mean assent or indifference. Show your colors and stand by them but do not parade them out of season. Do nothing for effect; always act your Christian self. Shun religious cliques...
...part of the faculty to allow the club to take a Western trip during the holidays. Consequently the club has occasionally been a trifle subject to the demoralization and lack of interest which are inevitable when there is no clearly defined purpose before the members. We do not mean to say that the Western trip is the main object ahead of the Glee Club; far from it. But such an enjoyable trip is certainly an incentive to more earnest and eager effort. This year, we are credably informed, there is every possibility that the club will make the trip...