Word: stagnant
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Then, as to the competition itself. It is hard work, and does not profess to be otherwise, but the drudgery and protracted labor which cause many of the stagnant-minded to fight shy of it is one of its greatest values. For this teaches accuracy, alertness, and, perhaps most important of all, that which so many business men complain that college graduates lack--a sense of discipline. Beyond these, the competition places a man in touch with the leaders in the various undergraduate and University activities; and opens to him a glimpse of Harvard as a University--the world...
...spoke of the general culture of the people in the Southern nations, Latin America is too unjustly thought of by the rest of the world, and does not deserve the ridicule which is often heaped upon it. Contrary to popular belief, its inhabitants are not mentally inert, and stagnant in action. Those who travel there are surprised at the intellectual vigor displayed in matters of science, literature, and judicial culture. It is true that this activity has as yet no solid foundation, and that the masses need to be further educated. But this end is being rapidly accomplished through...
...final hearing on the Charles River Dam was held yesterday morning. Dr. Henry J. Barnes, who appeared for the Tufts Medical School, said that if a permanent dam were constructed the Fens Basin would become a stagnant pool and that sewage would collect there in the absence of frequent flushings...
There are two kinds of theology, a stagnant theology, which claims that we know all about God that we ever can know, and which is unwilling to bring modern science to bear; second, a progressive theology which always is striving for the truth and which tries to bring theology to as reasonable and scientific a position as is possible. The first kind was the theology of the middle ages and it is but natural that this should always be at war with natural science. This struggle between science and the stagnant theologist has left an impression which gives to modern...
...apart from the annoyance caused to the occupants of the building in the manner described by the communicant, it would seem that the dampness necessarily engendered by damp sand, mortar and stagnant water, would be very detrimental to the health of those occupying the rooms over the cellar. This in itself calls for an immediate abatement of the nuisance...