Word: mereness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...French or German, but they have proved in reality only a superfluous test of knowledge already attained in the elementary language courses. If these examinations are to continue in the future it seems desirable to change their name and purpose, in order that they may be more than mere irritating "compulsories...
...good results far transcend any arguments as to the infringement of liberty, and the freezing of the constitution into a tissue of specific dogmas and "shall nots." Certainly the moral good to be done and the physical advantages to be gained by the measure are more than the mere retaining of the fluid and general character of a political instrument, even such as our Constitution...
...from the University of Michigan; the universities of Leipsic and Munich; Johns Hopkins; the University of Chicago and the Institute Pasteur, of Paris. She has been a professor of pathology, a bacteriologist, an investigator on occupational diseases and a contributor of articles to scientific journals. Few "mere men" have any better equipment for such a post as hers...
...European country at this time, unless one can prove that he has been offered a specific chance for useful service over seas. Such chances are necessarily limited and difficult to locate. Where found, they require various qualifications on the part of those selected to fill them. The mere acts of getting in touch and of coming to some sort of terms with the various associations and government agencies which control reconstruction work on the other side, are sure to cost much uncertainty and loss of time...
...unavoidable segregation of some 150 Freshmen in the Yard this year the class of 1922 has not yet been thoroughly welded into a single whole. Now the Yard Freshmen are to be given an opportunity to board with their fellows in Gore and Standish Halls. No mere matter of physical distance should deter them from taking advantage of this proferred chance to get better acquainted with their class; the benefits far outweigh any possible disadvantages. Let us not see 1922 go through college with a "Yard clique" distinct from the rest of the class...