Word: proper
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Like Pascal, Comte starts with a consideration of human nature; Pascal, however, thinks there is in human nature something which surpasses nature proper and directs man towards God; where as Comte considers human nature self-sufficient, and belongs to the category of men who follow the advice of Voltaire; "We ought to cultivate our goodness...
...requirement for graduation. Today teams from Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and the College of the City of New York will compete in the intercollegiate swimming meet, but Harvard, the only other member of the Intercollegiate Swimming Association, can not enter a team, because the lack of proper facilities has made the development of a creditable team impossible. For practice the swimmers have been obliged to rely upon the uncertain use of the Brookline tank and on the caprice of the owners of private tanks of inadequate size in Cambridge. For a coach the team has had nobody...
...Resolved: That it is the sense of this meeting that it is highly fitting and proper that Harvard should commemorate those of her sons who died in the Confederate service. It is the further sense of the meeting that the nature of the memorial and such inscriptions as may be appropriate shall be left to the discretion of the Harvard Memorial Society...
...only the Northwest but the Southwest and the South, as well, have great natural resources. For their proper development adequate transportation facilities are essential, and are already imperatively needed...
...causes:--men on probation, the two-period rule, and the lack of a swimming tank. The first two are common enough grievances but the last is the real cause of the trouble; for it is not only so difficult to develop sufficient material for a swimming team without a proper tank that the loss of one or two men is almost sure to prevent its winning, but it is almost impossible for the men that do come out to get the necessary practice and training. We call attention to this lamentable situation, not only to show that the swimming team...