Word: thought
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that, although the honor conferred by such a position might be great, he was not disposed to undertake new responsibilities which might not be agreeable to him. Although President Eliot was urged to defer the refusal of the post until he had taken it into further consideration, he thought it better to come to a definite decision immediately...
...Windermere Hours" has a certain charm, although the mingling of personal pronouns jars upon the ear. It is simple, and that is a quality too little thought of by young writers, apt to imagine that the more complex their sentences and the more far-fetched their comparisons the more artistic their work. The writer of the study on Rideout offends in this way: he has one sentence, if not more, that challenges the understanding and defeats...
With the growth in importance of the minor sports, the injustice of the two-period rule has become more and more apparent. In October, 1904, the Athletic Committee, believing that the undergraduates were devoting too much time and thought to athletics to the detriment of their college work, decided that no man should represent the University in more than two of the three periods of athletics in any one year. They were unwilling, as was stated by Professor White two years ago, "to countenance the continuous devotion to athletics and the amount of absenteeism involved in membership on some University...
...annual concert of the Pierian Sodality will be given on April 14 in Sanders Theatre. It will consist of a program of antique music, of which one number is to receive its first pubic performance anywhere. It was only recently discovered and is thought to be the work of Johann Christian Bach, one of the lesser-known sons of Johann Sebastian Bach. The rest of the program will include Mozart's "Symphony in G minor," Handel's "Ninth Concerto" for strings, and other numbers to be announced later...
...hands of the above mentioned committee. The committee will at once consider the problem of improving the efficiency of both halls, the quality of food, and the service. After informing themselves as thoroughly as possible concerning present conditions, and setting on foot such plans for improvement as may be thought wise, the committee will recommend to the Corporation a new form of permanent representative organization, under which, it will be hoped, some of the present difficulties may be avoided...