Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...manufacturer answering a letter of inquiry would be sure to fall into one or more of the fatal errors enumerated above. The proper method of constructing a schedule is to show the wages paid to each employee through a period of years, but here the statistician is confronted with serious problems. The number of people employed is always difficult to find; and even when that is done he may be unable to compute the duration of the labor because the time varies with different industries, and in different departments of the same industry. Or it may be that wages have...
...slowly and gradually, and not to vary this policy in the slightest degree. For this reason the elementary practice at starting, running and tackling the dummy was kept up much longer than in former seasons, and the rudiments of the game were thoroughly drilled into the men before any serious attempt at forming a team was made...
...life, however evil in outward aspect that has not some thread of purpose running through it, and it is our duty to accept this as Paul accepted the vision, and to crystallize it by earnest work toward some high end. Because there is present in every soul a serious purpose, we can see further that it must be God's purpose and God's will that we are fulfilling by our labor. Many of us, to be sure, are afraid to admit this close relationship between God and man; we resist his will and try to act independently. Surely...
...last number of the Advocate reaches a standard that should be most gratifying to its editors as well as to the readers of the paper. For the most part, the stories are of very even merit, and the number seems to be in a more serious vein than usual...
Nearly all these men come here with well-defined ambitions. Few have no serious object in coming, and few fail to respond to the call of duty. The enthusiasm with which the students helped the University to care for the Cuban teachers is ample proof of this. However trying the work, however much of good judgment and patience it required, they were always glad to meet every responsibility...