Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...excellent newspaper man himself, Mr. Kline has presented in a short space a comprehensive view of the model newspaper man and the qualities he should possess. Unlike many who write about journalism, Mr. Kline is an optimist; he sees in this field a bright future for every man of ability who will work. His conclusion that the game is decidedly worth the candle, will put heart into many who have been deterred from entering upon this valuable work by hearing those engaged in it condemn it as the "Graveyard of Genius...
...important enterprise was the making of cards for books noted only in the official catalogue, and therefore as unknown to the public as if the Library did not possess them. In 8 months about 43,000 titles of this kind were added to the public catalogue...
...lack of books in such courses as Economics 2 and Social Ethics 1, where it is impossible for more than a small number of men to possess the numerous volumes themselves, would be in a large measure alleviated if attention were paid the familiar advice to do the reading early. But even making allowance for difficulties arising as a result of that particular human frailty of procrastination, there is still a very generally admitted insufficiency of books in many courses. At present no funds exist for the purchase of more books in such courses. Those books which the library owns...
...more interpretive, but is rather interested in securing typical material and that relating to the larger inter-state and national fields, such as material for the study of the development of western transportation and the great hegira of the Fortyniners. On the other hand, hundreds of Harvard men possess material of local interest with which they would part only in favor of their alma mater. It is of consequence that such men should be appealed to from the Harvard standpoint, and that the material they possess should be transferred from destructible quarters and the curious hands of untrained persons...
...well termed the defects of their qualities.' This seems particularly true in attempting to draw comparisons from as unbiased and detached a point of view as possible, between two such different institutions as Princeton and Harvard. In the case of Harvard, the special 'quality' it would seem to possess is that of individualism. In the case of Princeton, fellowship...