Word: standpoint
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...educational methods in this country. The special facts which have been made clear by the present investigation are of great worth, but more valuable still is the spirit which has actuated the whole movement. It indicates that hereafter the subject of education will be approached from a different standpoint...
Such an attitude may be noble from a sentimental point of view, but is it practical from the standpoint of results? The opposing side had agreed that it was independent action when the American patriots revolted from England, but it had been overlooked that it was by party organization alone that the patriots were enabled to carry out their purpose. Washington assembled an army, he did not tell every man to take his musket and fight independently. If the independents would descend from the heights of sentiment and enter vigorously into the life of some party, their work would...
...changes and improvements made and planned in the different departments are very numerous. Moreover, the University is so large that no single student can have means of knowing the progress that is being made in the institution as a whole. We consider it eminently desirable, from the student standpoint, that the University's growth should be carefully studied...
...lecture by Mr. Copeland last evening was of unusual interest. He spoke on the English Bible and treated it simply from a literary standpoint...
Harvard has won, and our football prospects take on a brighter look. It would have been a sad thing for Harvard, from the athletic standpoint, if the game had gone against us today. Every man on the eleven felt that fact keenly, and they went in to play with a do-or-die resolution that was a harbinger of sucess...