Word: strives
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...must strive to see as much as we can, to keep our minds as clear from error as possible, and form our judgments by earnest, painstaking effort. We must beware of assuming that an idea is true because it is old or because it is new, but try simply to discover whether it is true or not. To put the matter more accurately, we must endeavor to ascertain how much of truth or error it contains; for from history we learn that the common mistake of men has been to assume that of two opposing views one is absolutely right...
Three University crews left last night for Philadelphia where they will row tomorrow in the American Henley on the Schuylkill. The Second and Third University crews, and the first 150-pound eight are the Crimson entrants in the Regatta tomorrow, in which 47 crews will strive for honors...
Three University crews will leave for Philadelphia tonight where they will represent the Crimson in the American Henley on the Schuylkill Saturday afternoon. In addition to the Second and Third University crews, Captain Merrill's 150-pound eight is entered in the Philadelphia Regatta, in which 47 crews will strive for honors. Coach Stevens will accompany the Second crew to Philadelphia, and leave immediately after the race...
...believe in the superiority of the Oxford method to the course system, a sudden departure from our established position could hardly be advocated, even by them. And since the latter system has certain advantages of its own, which will be pointed to presently, our policy should rather be to strive to collect the strong features of both plans into an original production than simply to choose the better of two possibilities...
...Sciences. For 17 years, he was Chairman of the Harvard Athletic Committee, taught sportsmanship, waged war on the educated muckers who once kept his college athletics in derision. "Sport for sport's sake," was his slogan. He pitied trembling umpires, decried inanely garrulous big men, reformed bullying coaches, strive to bring honor back to amateur Baseball...