Word: standing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...economic society, and to express an opinion which he believes to be common to all undergraduates interested in economics. The undergraduate student of economics is barred from all active participation in the affairs of the graduate economic society. He finds himself apart from any organization in which he can stand on an equal footing with his fellows, in which he can express his opinion outside academic halls on any subject of pure economics or the application of economic theory and in which he can obtain the information and instruction which he has failed to receive in the classroom...
...principles of technical forestry, the aim of study at the Forest is a sustained yield of a given amount of timber from a given area. The two problems encountered in effecting this regularity of yield are, first, how to replace trees cut and, second, how to improve the immature stand. Various methods are used to replace cut trees, including the group, strip, and thinning systems of cutting and also artificial planting. Care in lumbering, and thinning out of undesirable stock, such as grey birch and oak are the chief means of preserving and improving the stand...
...others were well performed, and showed the effects of good coaching. Mr. Pichel, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Donovan, commendably filled the roles of three well differentiated minor characters. Mr. S. J. Hume, as Magee, was forceful yet restrained, and made both the good and bad traits of the boss stand out very clearly. Miss Jessie MacDonald, in the most difficult part, that of the heroine, did much to carry the play...
...admitting the Union membership fee as an item on the term bill--which means that the bill comes not out of my allowance but out of father's cheek--has not prevented the decrease, and this with a synchronous increase in the university enrollment. If, therefore, the Union stands chiefly for an experiment in Harvard democracy it has been, let us say, a qualified success. If Harvard does not desire democracy of that brand, this is the cue for the Union to stand for something else which Harvard does desire...
...game that gives every opportunity for developing an all-around attack, at the same time promising positive returns in the shape of scores for that attack. In advocating the change in the rules, the idea expressed was if a team be better than another let the rules so stand as to show this on the field and score board. The rules have justified themselves in this respect and have produced a game that pleases the public, the players, and so far as may be, those who have formerly criticised, for it gives an hour of exciting, strenuous play with plenty...