Word: stress
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...common bond of all men and is the one interest that could bring men together from all parts of the world. Some people have said that a new religion for all nations is necessary, that our old religions are all at fault in that they lay too much stress on individual salvation. But all that is needed is that men should shake off their old prejudices and recognize the truth that men of all religions are the same everywhere and that we have common interests with all of them. We sometimes think that we are the most highly cultured race...
...well to remind the seniors again of the necessity of taking precaution against embarrassing accidents at the Tree Exercises tomorrow. Last year men were urged to provide themselves with canvas jackets and as a result nothing disgraceful happened. Until some stress was brought to bear on the matter the scenes at these exercises were at times very unpleasant and entirely out of the spirit of the day. Visitors, especially ladies who formed a large part of the spectators, must have felt a strange uncertainty when they took their seats, an uncertainty which often proved later to be well founded. However...
...subject of laying greater emphasis upon entrance examinations in English has received considerable attention among other colleges since the question was agitated by Harvard. At Cornell the Trustees and Faculty at their last meeting decided that hereafter greater stress will be laid upon English. In addition to the four professors and two instructors now in change of that department, an additional man will be appointed next year. Furthermore it was decided that after 1894 and until further notice, school certificates will not be received on entrance in place of examinations. The matter of accepting Regents' certificates and diplomas is still...
...wiser course of action to erect it immediately rather than wait for further be quests, and this not so much from unselfulness as for the special need existing for a Museum of Fine Arts in the University and beautiful surroundings for the art student. We are apt to place stress upon convenience rather than upon esthetic considerations in our buildings; but one need only recall the lasting impressions of the old world architecture to acknowledge its supremacy as an educator for what modern architecture may +++ with us. The site of the new building is a pleasing one, and there...
...from a root that means to see, then to know by seeing, and finally to tell what is known. Such is the Greek, Latin, Italian and English idea. The German word, geschickte or das geschehen expresses a somewhat different idea, that which has happened, and German writers lay more stress on facts. Indeed there may be said to be no literary history in Germany. We have regarded history as a literary art, and often literary men that can hardly be said to have been historical scholars have taught in the large universities of England. A definition of history should include...