Word: whether
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...importance of constitutional representative government cannot be, over-looked, for where the people decide whether there shall be war or not, they hesitate to incur one of which they will have to bear the burdens. In addition to this we have a growing sense of the uselessness...
...rated more highly than at Cambridge, as a consequence of which the games were usually one-sided. When they played in the Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard men turned out in very small numbers and the team undoubtedly felt that to many of the undergraduates it was no great concern whether they won or lost...
After noting the fragment of reminiscence of "Early Days in Phi Beta Kappa," which in its brevity but whets curiosity without satisfying it, the impression made upon the reader formulates itself in the hearty wish that the contributors would write in English instead of in dialect. Whether dialect writing is of any philological value may well be questioned; that the reading of dialect is tiresome to a degree is certain. The same amount of labor and skill wasted upon such productions would be better bestowed on efforts to acquire mastery of a true English style and in developing powers...
...only be a scientific man, but also a business man. His place is not in the study and laboratory but out in the world. His duty is not alone to apply the forces of nature but to do so economically; not only to build, but also to decide whether a work should be constructed or not. It is all important that the engineer be a good judge of men, be of high character, and of good deportment. He must have a general education in addition to his specific training...
...Haughton has been in doubt as to whether he could this year devote to football the great amount of time which the duties of a head coach require. He has finally consented, however, and will act this year without compensation...