Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...upon to the satisfaction of both sides. There is no reason why thearrangment thus made should not be satisfactory in every way. The game at Cambridge is now close at hand and in the time which now remains the freshman nine will have to put forth every effort to strengthen itself. At present the prospects of winning are not very bright, but hard work and unceasing practice may bring success...
...exhausted by unintermitted intercourse with students." If such has been the effect on the professor of closer contact with the student, it is to be regretted; it certainly destroys the theory which demands that closer contact, for the basal principle of the theory is that the closer intercourse will strengthen, rather than exhaust, both the instructor and the instructed...
...advantages to be derived from such an institution are obvious. It would strengthen then the universities and colleges now existing, by sending back strong men into their Faculties. It would be a perpetual incentive to the best men in the country to exert themselves to their utmost, in view of a possible appointment to a professorship at Washington. But great as the benefits would be to the cause of learning, the greatest benefit of all would be felt by the country at large, for the atmosphere of a great university could not fail to have a beneficial effect...
...says anything definite, as he does not wish to discourage the candidates or inspire them with over-confidence. He says the men are in very good condition to begin active training. There will be many changes in the make-up of the crew, which may weaken it and may strengthen it; which it will be he cannot say. Mr. Adee was also in New Haven, and between them and Captain Woodruff a definite course of training was laid out which it is hoped will result in turning out a very strong crew...
...parable of the "Ten Talents." The lesson of this parable is that a man should adapt himself to circumstances. The demands made upon a man by modern life are, notwithstanding all its appliances and inventions, much more severe than at any time in the past. A man should, therefore, strengthen himself and try to do his duty. There is no excitement in a race unless the contestants are well matched, and the pleasure of success is always greater in proportion to the difficulties to be overcome. A kingdom of God that could be won without a struggle would...