Word: toward
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...letter to the paper, and now the officials of the Union have started an experiment to see just how keenly those who are taking pot luck about the Square wish to enjoy better eating conditions. With this installation of club tables an actual step has been taken toward a permanent system of this kind on a larger scale. Thus it is obvious that those who wish to see a central eating place, run by the University, where food can be obtained at sane prices and eaten in congenial surroundings in a fashion far removed from the tile armed manner...
...from a mass of others an I he does not claim that any one constitutes an issue. Each, however, does bear direct relation to both the student and Dr. Little refers primarily to the undergraduate and his preceptor. The matters are, briefly, the attitude of the college or university toward its students; the dissatisfaction of the students with present methods of discipline and instruction; the wisdom of admitting to college those whose fitness is doubtful; and the relation of religion to education among college students Certainly these four sources of argument constitute a rather large field to be covered...
...spite of his natural indignation, however, he continued a liberal contributor to Harvard during the final years of his life, and left to it the bequest above mentioned, "to be appropriated toward the endowing of a profesor of law, or a profesor of physic and anatomy, whichever the Corporation and Overseers of the College shall judge best for its benefit: and they shall have full power to sell said lands and put the money out to interest, the income whereof shall be for the aforesaid purpose." It was not until 1815 that the College authorities deemed it wise to establish...
...political campaign. "The fact that a man has held a number of public offices means little when he runs for office again," he said. "The important consideration is the character of the candidate himself, as shown in his conduct of responsible duties, and as revealed in his attitude toward his political associates. If a man shows himself to be honest, industrious, and appreciative of duty, he needs no further recommendation for office nor is any political ballyhoo needed to add to the popularity of such a candidate...
...colleges, realizing that each college must, to a great degree, solve its own problems, the officers of the Federation nevertheless believe that only through cooperation, through comparison of aims and the means of their attainment, can the students in many colleges and universities of the country make their efforts toward bettering conditions at their particular colleges, in the best sense, effective...