Word: sort
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that was practically impossible for another man to decipher. Hence arose the practice of a writer attaching to himself a disciple, who would be instructed to read his master's book. This was a prime necessity in order that records might be handed down. The best instance of this sort of a traditional book is Callisthenes' "Life of Alexander." With this as an example we may follow the various forms which such books have taken. There are not only widely differing translations in the various languages, but every copy of the book varies from every other...
...glancing over the cases of this sort, which come readily to the mind of any upperclassman, it would seem that in four out of five cases the immediate cause for lack of interest in any organization or activity is the presence of lazy or inefficient officers, men who accepted positions the accompanying duties of which they never intended to fulfil faithfully or have subsequently shirked. It is very pleasant to be known as the president or secretary of this or that organization, but it is an honor which should be paid for, if not bought, by a certain amount...
...editorial board of the Monthly itself contains a n umber of men whose proclivities show conclusively that they are fully competent to criticise intelligently the themes at least of Freshmen, if not of upper-classmen. Such men are not "bound to be" narrow. If they are of the right sort, they bring to the work of the small section new ideas and a different point of view. The failure of those younger instructors who have proved unsuccessful (and the number is gratifyingly small) has usually been due to lack of the personal qualities necessary for successful teaching rather than...
...culture" as he is severe towards the "coarse mind"; and the "poser" wherever found, whether he reads Pierre Loti to maintain refinement or abstains from drinking milk because he thinks it unmanly, is called, if he be a pretender, "diabolically insincere". In short Mr. Brooks depicts a very decent sort of fellow, who writes, and he asks: "Why shouldn't he write--and as honestly and ambitiously as he likes--without being laughed at or deprecated?" He also protests with reason against the insistence heard among graduates that undergraduates, to be sensible, must write on college subjects...
...lack of any effective sort of organization among the Boston graduates has been the subject of much discussion at various times, and it has been felt that a club similar to the Harvard Club of New York or any of the many Harvard clubs in the West would do much towards keeping alive among the graduates the affairs and interests of the University. Until the report of the committee is submitted, no authoritative statement can be made...