Word: theorem
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...right to judge whether there might not be some excellent reason for his not joining a college training unit. Such a man, it was said, should not be deprived of the privilege of athletic competition when he was preparing himself for service other than military. The answer to this theorem is a perfectly logical one; it is impossible to distinguish between patriots and slackers. No undergraduate or graduate wants to see the University represented by any man who is not doing his utmost toward his future usefulness...
...mere knowledge of the Pythagorean triangle relation or the binomial theorem is probably of less immediate value to the average graduate than the knowledge of how to sharpen a knife or to sew on a button," Dr. Moritz writes. "But has an exercise in fundamental thought processes they are invaluable to every individual, no matter what his ultimate work in life may happen...