Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...serious, master that subject well; why, then, it may be asked, should he not devote his previous college course wholly to getting as wide an acquaintance with as many subjects as possible, and leave his thorough knowledge of one field to his professional training? The answer is obvious to anyone who has had practical experience. The mind that deals only with elementary work in many subjects rarely gets the vigorous training needed to acquire a firm grasp of any of them. The smatterer on leaving college is a smatterer. He has never learned anything thoroughly, and although...
...tell. The tragedy of the situation there is perhaps not as evident at first sight as in England; for the "plant" of the continental university is so much smaller than that of a residential institution like Oxford or Cambridge that the outward effects of its desertion are less immediately obvious. But a look beneath the surface or a talk with any of the academic people who remain will quickly reveal the true state of affairs. And yet, despite the overwhelming strain of it all, so devoutly does France believe in the necessity of maintaining in every possible way the continuity...
...name of the field in which distinction, of varying degree, has been won. Academic positions will be noted only in the case of permanent appointments to presidencies, professorships, and the like. The number of learned societies in which membership is credited will be somewhat reduced. It is obvious that the rapidly growing number of graduates must necessitate some abridgement...
Monday is Memorial Day, which means no classes. The fact that students will have both Sunday and Monday free provides an obvious temptation with regard to college engagements--today and Tuesday. It is well, then, to remember that the time is particularly inauspicious for cuts to "get by." Probation is likely to be the price paid for a few hours more away from Cambridge...
...University team is now at an obvious disadvantage, for the men must return from the trip with the Dartmouth game scheduled the day of their return. Within a week, the nine has four hard games to play; with Princeton today, with Dartmouth tomorrow, and with Brown on Saturday and Monday. The teams will line up today as follows: HARVARD. PRINCETON. Abbot, 2b. l.f., Hanks Mahan, p. s.s., Gill Nash, 1b. r.f., Greene Gannett, r.f. 1b., Douglas Harte, c. c.f., Driggs Hardwick, l.f. 3b., Shea Brickley, c.f. 2b., Law Phillips, s.s. c., Kelleher Beal, 3b. p., Deyo, Link