Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...hospital, for the care exclusively of babies under two years of age, is designed to be the most complete and perfect of its kind in the world. It will accommodate fifty patients, allowing for each bed an unusually large amount of room and air space. Within the hospital will be a memorial laboratory, equipped by gifts from members of the class of 1901, for the scientific study of infants' diseases--both for purposes of practical medical investigation and for the instruction of students in the Harvard Medical School. The hospital will contain also a laboratory for the scientific modification...
...frank discussion of personal ideals. They are meant to further acquaintance among members of the Graduate School, and to offer especially for these men a parallel to the general religious meetings of the Harvard Christian Association. Without limitation to sect or creed, they admit perfect freedom of individual views, and are quite without formality...
...been thoroughly drilled into the men and the general development of the team was progressing favorably. Besides, last year, there were strong, able candidates for the eleven who were not content merely to go through the practice in a perfunctory manner but were trying hard every minute to perfect and put into execution what the coaches told them. It was in this way that they learned the game, and when it came to the test, their learning, gained at the expense of hard work and attention to detail, stood them in good stead. The hardest games of the season...
...University eights started at 6 o'clock under perfect conditions. Yale rowing a low stroke was behind during the first of the race, but soon took the lead and held it to the finish. They came in about three lengths ahead...
...Freshmen did a poor day's work. They went over the two-mile course under perfect conditions in the poor time of 11 minutes, 42 seconds. This unsatisfactory showing was due to the failure of several men to work hard and do their best...