Word: utilitarian
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...congress is divided into seven divisions, as follows: normative sciences, historical sciences, physical sciences, mental sciences, utilitarian sciences, social regulation and social culture. These divisions are sub-divided into 24 departments and 129 sections. After the general meeting and formal opening on September 19, at which the president of the congress will deliver an address on its relation to scientific progress, the seven divisions will hold meetings, at each of which an address will be given on the general subject of the division, with particular reference to its inner unity. On Tuesday, September 20, the 24 departments will hold their...
...From a Graduate's Window" we are told of a dialogue with Socrates in which that philosopher "roasts" the Fogg Museum and the Corporation's utilitarian view of architecture. On his own responsibility "Graduate" satirizes the diplomacy of intercollegiate sport, especially with relation to a certain affair between colleges "A" and "B." He closes with "two maxims, long held as truths among antediluvians: 'Do not whitewash ! Cultivate sport for the sake of sport, and for nothing else...
...overseers suggest, would be unwise. The reasons upon which the corporation bases its refusal to accede to the recommendation of the alumni are understood to be that many questions beside that of art have to be considered in connection with the erection of new buildings; that the practical and utilitarian aspects of the matter are usually paramount, while the question of art is generally of the least importance; and that the corporation cannot delegate any of its authority to another body of men. The corporation therefore declines to grant the request of the alumni...
...utilitarian theory of morals defensible...
...recall it, and think that it is all there." It lies in our own choice with what pictures we may fill our minds, whether our inward eye shall command noble prospects over the whole domain of human thoughts, or shall be bounded by the narrow alley of a merely utilitarian training...