Word: understood
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...construct an artificial language? Many linguists feel that such a thing is impossible, but the international method of writing music disproves this. In all grammar there is a great deal of unnecessary repetition which makes a language likely to be mishandled. Such words as "telegraph" and "volt" can be understood in many countries at the present time. It is possible then to construct a language the vocabulary of which will already be partly understood. The present difficulty is to select one language and to make it universal. By means of such a language travellers may converse with transportation officials...
...language can be mailed with a letter so that the recipient of the letter may be sure of getting its entire meaning. Over half a million people are now able to speak and write Esperanto. At a recent Congress of "Esperantists," people from 20 different nations understood one another perfectly and the system proved in every way a success...
...following is published for the benefit of those members of the Freshman Reception Committee who have not understood the plans for receptions this year...
...first University debate of the year was that with Princeton. The question, submitted by Princeton, was: "Resolved, That the free elective system is the best available plan for the undergraduate course of study. It is understood, that: 1. That free elective system is one based on the principle that each student should select for himself all his studies throughout his college course. 2. The free elective system, thus defined, exists even when a minor part of the studies of the freshman year is prescribed." Harvard chose the negative of this question. The Harvard team, which was finally chosen on February...
...question for debate was "Resolved. That, the free elective system is the best available plan for the undergraduate course of study. It is understood, that: 1. The free elective system is one based on the principle that each student should select for himself all his studies throughout his college course. 2. The free elective system, thus defined, exists even when a minor part of the studies of the freshman year is prescribed...