Word: touche
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hoped by the editors that such a combination of the journals of the two institutions may, by keeping each school closely in touch with the activities of the other, promote in both Harvard and Technology men that spirit of co-operation and community of interest so necessary to the successful merger of the University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
...tone and economy of material. One is tempted to say that there is not a word too much. The judicious use of such recurring details as the companionable hen and Fraeulein Goldschmidt's "It would not have happened in Germany" give the impression of skill and sureness of touch. Indeed, the author achieves the seemingly impossible in telling the story in the first person and still keeping it detached...
...will be given by Mr. Norman Angell this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in Emerson D. Mr. Angell will speak upon "The Foundations of International Polity." His well-known book, "The Great Illusion," is a study of the relation of military power to national welfare, and his lecture will touch upon some of the advanced doctrines of modern international theory which have given this work its deep influence upon European thought. His experience in America, England and France led him to write several books, the first, "Patriotism Under Three Flags," was followed by "Arms and Industry," "The Citizen and Society...
...stagnant-minded to fight shy of it is one of its greatest values. For this teaches accuracy, alertness, and, perhaps most important of all, that which so many business men complain that college graduates lack--a sense of discipline. Beyond these, the competition places a man in touch with the leaders in the various undergraduate and University activities; and opens to him a glimpse of Harvard as a University--the world of Harvard it may be called, of which undergraduate life is only a phase...
...concerning activities at Harvard. No where else can there be found records of Athletics, Representative Interests, Publications, Religious and Philanthropic Interests, Registered Clubs, Preparatory School Clubs, Social Organizations--information of vital and intense interest to the sub-Freshman as well as to the graduate who wishes to keep in touch with the University...