Word: mere
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Paradox," by L. Simonson '09, is very thoughtful but not thoroughly worked out. The author has not given Chesterton, the whole man. He recognizes the value, critical and philosophical, of many of Chesterton's paradoxes, but is inclined impulsively to give equal importance to all, including those which are mere exercises in verbal ingenuity. We read Chesterton with delight because of his manliness, because of his courage, because he has ideals; we honor him because he insists on the value of ideals and of faith as springs of action; because he would substitute for our modern, sentimental purposelessness the energy...
...graduated, may also apply for seats, but must state specifically at what time they were in the University; 4. Graduates of other colleges, who are in the Graduates Department, may apply as graduates; 5. Men applying for one seat in the cheering section forfeit their right to any mere seats elsewhere. No ladies will be admitted to the cheering section; 6. If a man desires more seats then he is entitled to upon his individual application he may use the application of another man, provided written authority to do so is attached to the application. Tickets assigned on such borrowed...
...conclusion, one asks why we cannot have more critical articles, more evidence of concern with affairs outside college,--with new books, with music, with politics. Surely, when thoughtful undergraduates meet in clubs or around the midnight fire their discussions have a greater range and a nobler unconcern about mere craftsmanship than is exhibited in these pages
...geological section of the University Museum is now open to the public on the same days and at the same hours as the mineralogical section. The exhibit at present consists of a mere nucleus of the collection which it is expected will soon be arranged. The most interesting objects in this department of the Museum are the Curtis model of Boston and vicinity, and a collection of relics from St. Pierre, Martinique, showing the destructive action of the burning gases thrown out in the eruption of Mt. Pelee...
There is a tendency on the part of most men, Dr. Burnett said, to assume things on utterly unsatisfactory grounds. This tendency is manifested when we substitute our feelings of absurdity, religious sentiment, mere physical pleasure, or extreme delight in the beautiful, for reasoning thought. It shows itself also when our moral feelings destroy our true perspective of the beautiful, or when our feelings for the beautiful usurp our moral ideas...