Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lippmann, pleads for more robustness of interest, on the part of students, in American politics. By all means,--and in other matters too. "The Chinese Classics and Modern Research," by A. D. Sheffield, is closely reasoned, as it goes, but fails to make Chinese literature itself seem vital...
...More and more, as our society develops, the college man is coming into a real and vital relation with the outside world. I need go no further than Harvard itself, and you will see how powerful has been the impression of its professors upon the outside world. My own experience in Cleveland, some years ago, when as a lawyer, I became interested in civic affairs, confirms this most strongly. Professors may be theoretical, but it is largely by reason of the fact that they are unhampered by many of the things that hamper men in other relations of life, that...
...committee of eleven professors of the University has arranged this series of lectures with the view of initiating an ethical system founded on commonsense and to derive a moral code from it which can be applied to modern politics. By bringing up the vital questions which confront those desirous of bringing about good government they desire to interest college men and enlist their support...
...Garcelon L.'95 was the speaker of the evening. He emphasized the fact that unanimity was of vital importance; that the spirit behind the team counts almost as much as the power of the team itself. During the last two years a system of coaching has been developed which puts one man in absolute control, and confusion is thus avoided. Haughton is one of the greatest coaches the country has ever seen. A large amount of credit is due to all the coaches and the second team. Co-operation, however, is necessary; if you can't do much, push...
...Horace Fletcher, the greatest authority on dietetics, delivered a lecture of unusual interest on "Vital Economics" in the Living Room of the Union last evening...