Word: object
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first University tea of the year will be held in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House on Friday afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock. The object of these entertainments is to provide an opportunity for students to meet one another informally, and to bring them into closer relations with the officers of the University and their families, especially with those whom they do not meet in their courses...
...attention of students in all departments of the University and of graduates is called to the new form of membership lately instituted at the Union. This is to be known as participating life membership and its object is to make it easier for students in their last year in the University and for young graduates to become life members of the Union. The plan is to allow the dues for such membership to be paid in five, or less, annual instalments as explained below...
...avowed purpose of any written work is to further or broaden the students' knowledge and appreciation of the main subject of a course. The History 13 reports do not fulfill this object nearly as effectively as they might, the CRIMSON makes bold to claim. The preparation of the bibliography consists of looking over the indexes of as many books as possible which may contain references to the man who is under consideration. If a short life of the man in question is required, the student must also summarize the shortest biography of the individual that he can find. The final...
...only permanent good to be derived from such work is a knowledge of the from and mechanism of library catalogues and a slight degree of ease in finding books. If this is the real object of such work, why include it in a course on American history when the reports could be made of such vastly greater value? If the advantage to an undergraduate gained by familiarity with the necessary red tape of the library is worth 20 or more hours work, its value increases in proportion of the time during which it can be of use. Why, then, have...
...attain their ends, treat all organizations with strict impartiality, and appreciate the fact that priority in allying itself with the Council of Federated Clubs does not give an organization right to special consideration or superiority to other institutions of like nature in usefulness or ability to fulfill its object...