Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...tenth annual meeting of the Harvard Teachers' Association will be opened in Sanders Theatre this morning at 9.45 for a consideration of "The People and the Schools." At the morning meeting, which is open to the public, the subject for discussion is, "Are the Schools Doing What the People Want Them to Do?" At the afternoon session, which is not open to the public. Rev. S. M. Crothers, of the First Parish Church, and Mr. Walter H. Page, formerly editor of the Atlantic Monthly, will speak on "What Do the People Want the Schools...
...want to be men of reality in our conversation. Flattery, deceit and slander are evidences of unreality in our speech. As we would avoid these in our talk, so we should fight for sincerity in our minds, and let soundness and genuineness occupy our thoughts. We should be real in dealing with our doubts; inconclusive thinking leads to agnosticism. We should be men of reality in dealing with our temptations; temptation is not sin, but it is sin to yield. Finally, we should be men of reality in our efforts to build up character and faith and to extend Christianity...
...which Professor Strobel of the Law School argued for the defendant was presented before the United States and chilian commission in Washington on January 30. Professor Strobel pointed out that it was not within the range of the Commission, and by the discharge of the case last Friday for want of jurisdiction, won the case for Chill and saved the Government nearly a million dollars. The Commission was composed of the Chilian Minister, who acted as Commissioner for Chili, Judge Gage of Michigan, who acted as United States Commissioner, and the Swiss Minister, the president of the board. This...
...greatest faults with the present apparatus of the gymnasium is that its form of exercises is monotonous. An attempt has been made to supply this want by so constructing a machine that exercise on it will afford an opportunity for competition in different kinds of races. It is also intended to furnish the best means of strengthening and developing all the muscles of the body in a natural way, so that the heart and lungs will be equally developed without overtaxing them with too vigorous efforts...
...prosperity of the United States there are two great dangers which threaten its welfare. One of these dangers is discontent. Education carries with it powerful advantages, but it has this one disadvantage of promoting discontent. Yet this is not without reason for by education we create a condition of want; the thing that differentiates mankind is want; and there is no civilization without want. We must face our own problem then and deal with it accordingly. There is no sudden way to stop this condition, but there is a way for men to alleviate it. Discontent there will...