Word: turn
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...competition is nominally closed, but it is not yet too late to put into use words that are dignified--not blatant and boastful--to be sung to some tune that we all know; nor is it too late for men of musical ability to make an effort to turn out a song that will take its place among those of which we are justly proud...
...that the obsolete custom of having prolonged bell-ringing at seven A. M. is a nuisance, and that as such it should be discontinued. It is unkind to oblige an octogenarian bell-ringer to be disturbed unnecessarily early every morning, and it is certainly unreasonable to oblige him in turn to disturb all the students of those two dormitories by a noise which has no object and no excuse. Most men in College do the bulk of their work not in the morning early, but in the evening late, and most Seniors refrain from 8 o'clock recitations, and have...
...Perkins makes a strong plea for the life of action as against the life of contemplation. The captain of industry rather overshoots the mark. Few would agree with the assertion that "now, here in America, those who make this nation what it is, the greatest of world powers, turn their energies to commerce." This would exclude men like Roosevelt and several others, to whom posterity will doubtless grant at least a modest share in the making of present day America. The fundamental fallacy of the captain's reasoning is the assumption that the life of action is necessarily dissociated from...
...Turn of the Balance," by Whitlock...
...warranted. This high price deters many men from eating at the Hall, because they do not realize that the high price would be reduced if they joined, not as individuals--for one more or less would make little difference--but if all the men who are in doubt should turn to Memorial, the charges for the improved facilities would be more evenly distributed...