Word: statement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...says Mr. Garcelon, "but ought not to carry that care to the point of absurdity. It is possible to judge of the mental and physical condition of the members of a team by the complaints which they make." "As to there being any truth," says Mr. Kuttner, "in the statement that expensive equipment makes a team win, I would say that any team that thinks so couldn't win under any circumstances...
After amassing quantities of material upon this subject, the committee issued an extremely interesting report, to be found in the last number of the Graduates' Magazine, in which appeared the statement that "the committee feels that in awarding high rank or distinction, emphasis should be laid more largely than it is today on ability to deal with facts and principles, as compared with information acquired and memory." This is very welcome announcement, for the useless and irksome task of temporarily assimilating a quantity of trivial details in order to obtain a high mark, has proved a most effectual deterrent...
...problem which philosophy now has to solve is to find the true relation between the scientific statement of facts and the truly philosophical reflection upon the reality of the spiritual world...
...present discussion of the position and influence of the Polo Club it is most unfortunate that a complete statement of all the facts is practically impossible. In a discussion of such a subject it is far easier to make assertions than to prove their truth; and consequently it is most desirable that such facts as are undisputed should at the outset be definitely set forth. In the first place, it is certain that the Polo Club has for a number of years sustained among students, officers, and graduates of the University a reputation for drunkenness stronger than that attached...
...order to prove conclusively the great exaggeration of the reports at present in circulation concerning the misconduct at the recent Freshman dinner, we, the officers of the class, thanks to the kindness of the manager of the American House, are able to publish the following statement...