Word: waken
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...than a reviving consciousness, rather imperfectly understood, that old educational systems are restrictive, and inadequate to meet the needs of the day. A few student papers and many college faculty are working independently toward a common goal, the former always insisting that since the primary need is to a waken the student, the student must take a leading part in his own education...
...There must be some mistake." The reporters explained again. "I'll send word to Mr. Kellogg," said Mr. Herrick. A servant was sent off. More time passed. The servant came back. Mrs. Kellogg refused to waken her husband. He was extremely tired from his day at the Conference...
...connection with the above the following will be of interest. Several months ago the Corporation authorized the installation of automatic gongs in dormitories to waken the occupants in case of night fires. The apparatus required was special, and it was only recently that apparatus was approved for this purpose. It will be installed as soon as it can be manufactured. Automatic sprinklers are being installed at critical points in the basements. Very truly yours, WALTER S. BURKE. Inspector
...found them there, Moody, Mackaye, Carpenter, and Hunt; today they are gone, and the bubbling Castalian spring of college verse has been transformed into a sluggish fountain pen. The Harvard Monthly, famous for over twenty-five years for the quality and finish of its verse, should first attempt to waken the spirit of true poetical inspiration, and add new lustre to its honorable roll. May the editors never forget the fact, that a pretty good poem is like a pretty good...
...found wanting. A general condemnation of the eleven would be as unjust as it is unwarranted, but to say that the team as a whole came up to reasonable expectations would be to wander far from the truth. It required the spur of an opponent's touchdown to a waken the team to a fraction of its potential strength, and to bring victory out of defeat. Even then Harvard was twice held for downs within a few feet of the goal line...