Word: scope
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Cambridge Y. W. C. A. It is not a guide book, but attempts to take the reader into the life of Cambridge and make known to him something of the past and present of the city. The following sketches taken at random give one an idea of the scope of the work...
...government as bringing about permanency in office. Such departments as the post office and telegraph must have trained men in their service, and the efficiency of these men would be impaired by changing them every four years. Consequently, when more such departments are embraced in the public service, the scope of civil service reform is enlarged...
...movement which puts the special advantages of the various departments of the University at the service of the Graduate School, for purposes of advanced study or research, necessarily widens the scope of the School's usefulness. It is quite conceivable that study in some of the professional schools may be carried on in purely scientific lines without reference to any practical application, professionally, in after life. Now the purpose of the Graduate School being to offer opportunities for advanced work and to give credit for such work without any limitation of its field other than the actual number of fields...
...country for support of any extremen position, and however determined Mr. Roosevelt himself may be he would no doubt admit that public opinion must be proved to be very united if an ultimatum of war is to be pushed. People by no means agree upon the original scope of the Monroe doctrine. That, perhaps is not of vital importance, for the doctrine henceforth is to be exactly what we now choose to make it; but when we came to this question the uncertainty is deep and almost universal. There are those who wish to warn the European powers wholly...
...Mermaid Club is to be reorganized this year under a new system, so as to increase the scope of the club by having a larger number of men interested. Formerly meetings were held once a week, but were restricted to club members. By the new plan there are to be two kinds of meetings, regular meetings and others of a more public character. The former are to be held only once a month. The programme will vary considerably, but, in general, the subjects to be discussed will deal with the contemporary drama...