Word: successful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...short address on "Studying Men." He spoke informally, giving reflections from his own observation and experience in life. College men, he said, are of necessity compelled to give most of their attention to subjects, and consequently take the attitude that a thorough knowledge of subjects will make them successful in later life, that a knowledge of engineering or of the law or of literature will make them good engineers or lawyers or journalists. But such a view is wrong, for a knowledge of men is an essential to success as a knowledge of subjects. Dr. Abbott then showed that...
...music, and beer will be served in the Dining Hall and Living Room. It will be attempted to make the smoker a pleasant and informal meeting of all members of the Junior class, and it is hoped that the class will be present in force, to make it a success...
...Lyman Abbott, D.D., h.'90, will give an address this evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union on "Studying Men." Dr. Abbott will treat the subject in relation to success in life, showing that men besides studying various themes should study human nature as well. He will then go on to explain just what this study means...
...order to make the work as successful as possible a small force of skilled miners will be employed as instructors to assist the students in the actual operations. The school will be called the "George Crocker School of Practical Mining," as Mr. George Crocker of New York has given $12,000 to cover the expenses of the camp for the first year. The success of the camp this summer will determine whether it will be continued in ensuing years...
...thought. If his ideas are conventional and derived, his style will draw upon outworn terms and "literary slang." His problem is to know his own meaning exactly and to express it in his own personal way. To think independently and to phrase freshly, because specifically, is his success. Such seem to be the conclusions suggested significantly by these articles...