Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rendering was both artistic and keenly appreciative. The last number, the third act of Mary Stuart, was a disappointing anti-climax. The character of Queen Elizabeth was played in an intensely unsympathetic manner and the entire act showed the folly of taking a few incomplete scenes from a perfect whole...
...their love of self-directed duty and their aversion to authority and organization, their respect for nature, their deep religions sensibility. To these people the doctrines of Gotoma and his greater successor, Buddha, seemed not unsound. The two leaders believed in the subtle extension of personality, the doctrine that perfect individuals must sooner or later blend into one great whole. Each man must strive for that after-life into which he can pour his whole being. In this way he will obtain the cosmic consciousness which will enable him to look back upon his various former states of existence...
During the past week the football practice has been light, consisting mainly of work intended to perfect the smooth running off of plays, and of drill in the more mechanical points of the game. Open practice has been short and many of the regular players have been given a rest. Ticket applications for the Harvard game have been so numerous that they can be no sale open to the public. Two university mass meetings have been held for the rehearsal of cheering and singing, and several others will take place before the Princeton game...
...University fall handicap track games were held on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The weather conditions were perfect but the track was rather soft on account of the thawing of Sunday night's frost. In both track and field events the performances were very encouraging. The Freshman candidates made a fairly good showing, obtaining three first places, one second and two thirds...
...gradual and peaceful change has placed the people of England in control of their government so that, it is now virtually a democracy. Its representative system is good, the elections are pure, good men are brought into the government service and responsibility is fixed in a perfect manner. The judiciary is upright and independent and the civil service is efficient and outside of political influences. The English system is suited, however, for only two parties. For the last few years the powers of the House of Commons have been declining and at the same time the cost of obtaining...