Word: objecting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...criticism which merely demolishes the object of its attention is neither convincing nor constructive, the following plan for a vigorous Social Service Bureau may serve as a fitting last chapter to the destructive analysis that has lately appeared in these columns...
...boat, about one-fifth in cash and the balance in 7% preferred stock in a holding company to be organized. They later offered to increase the cash payment to $1,500,000, proposed that the Government accept bonds at 4˝ for the balance. Their main object was to prevent sale to Captain Dollar and son. They pointed out that they had been running these boats without loss to the Government?in fact with an operating profit of about $2,000,000 during the year ending Feb. 28, 1925?and that the Government was therefore under no pressure to sell them...
...encourage undergraduates to regard the mastery of some object as a fundamental part of their college careers the degree with distinction "in a subject or related subjects" was established leading directly to the general examinations and the present tutorial system. The general final examina- tions are planned to test intellectual power rather than memory. "In short," says Professor Moore, "the present plan makes for liberal education in the true sense of the word, and gives the faithful student intellectual habits that tend to make him a cultivated, effective, and useful citizen all his life...
...Government annulled the concession on the ground that the U. S. had not been induced to recognize Russia; but, not being willing to cancel the contract on this ground, a technical reason was found. Whatever the cause of the Russian Government's action, it at least provided an object lesson to others of the difficulty of dealing with an unrecognized government...
...generation or more ago the Hemenway Gymnasium was an object of pride and amply served the needs of the University of its time. Since then the college and the graduate schools have grown enormously. The capacity of the gymnasium is now taxed to the utmost, while the facilities offered are in many cases antiquated and unsatisfactory. The small size of the basketball court furnishes an excellent example of this...