Word: understands
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...proper pitch for producing music, it is necessary for him to have had the time to be a student,--to have probed to the truths of life for their own sake. This is the lesson of the college to the artist and to the musician, a desire to understand and to express life, and a firm conviction that what he is doing is worth while, whether it is recognized or not. This is the challenge which must be flung to those who are professionalizing art in this country as our business and even our sport is professionalized. And that lesson...
...nevertheless wishes to do his part, that, in war time, he will not be absolutely "green." The volume does not claim to be a manual; it is merely a guide, whereby "the civilian may inform himself in a general way concerning military rudiments and other military matters,...may better understand the general nature of things military, and may thereby learn the soldier's trade all the sooner...
...through the mountains. Detailed work, followed by the trip through the mountains, made it possible for the men to not only become familiar with a large number of geological phenomena, but to appreciate better the great physical history of the mountains, and through the emphasis of physiographic methods, to understand the present forms of relief in the region. The party was fortunate in not having any serious accidents occur, and the pleasures of camp life were made even greater by the hard work of each day. The members of last summer's party were: L. B. R. Briggs...
...central instincts of the human race. For the minister is par excellence the religious leader of the community and religion is one of the most serious, the most permanent and inclusive interests of human beings. The sex hunger, the desire for food and clothing the passion to understand ourselves and the universe in which we live--these are the chief motor impulses of our race, and the third is the most inclusive of them all. Religion is not the creation of a book or priests or governments of institutions. It springs out of the heart of our human kind...
...give the larger portion to arousing in the school a healthy interest in outdoor sports, and to coaching one or more of the teams. Such positions do not require, as a rule, men with brilliant athletic records; men who have played on "scrub" football and baseball teams and who understand the rules of the games are often well fitted to undertake this instruction...