Word: whether
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...cannot but wonder whether the proposed early specialization will give a college man that subtlety of mind and ease of adjustment which a wider distribution seeks to accomplish. We question whether a one-track mind would not result, an intellect which has but one interest and one accomplishment. What the University seeks to develop by its laissez faire policy is the versatility of mind which will embrace many fields, which eagerly gives ear to new opinions, which analyses, and holds dear its criterion of right and wrong...
...unable to complete the entire course will be granted those degrees if the Corporation ratifies the action taken by the Faculty last Tuesday. This means that the men referred to above would be able to graduate after completing a minimum of 12 courses instead of the usual of 16. Whether or not the plan will be carried into effect depends only upon the vote of the Corporation...
...never doubted that some such decision would be reached, though we are at a loss to understand the interpretation of this particular statement. Whether it applies to all men who through their military service have missed academic work or whether it merely applies to those who left within a year of their degrees, we trust that no undue advantage of this privilege will be taken. The University was forced to recognize that many men who had satisfactorily completed the greater part of their college work would never be able to return for the rest. To withhold credit from these...
Panama was "taken" for the sake of the world's commerce, if incidentally for the specific military and commercial advantage of the taker. Much criticism was heaped upon Mr. Roosevelt for his procedure, but he had to decide whether we would take possession of the ends of the railroad on the Isthmus and keep the traffic clear, or whether we would stand back and let those Southern gentlemen cut each others' throats for an indefinite time and destroy whatever, remnant of our property and our interests we had there. Roosevelt had to do exactly as he did, or the only...
...personal judgment of their superiors. In order to base promotion more upon actual merit than upon chance judgment and personal bias, a rating scale was formed on the principle of ranking officers of one's acquaintance according to certain characteristics, giving each individual so many points according to whether he was best, medium, or worst, and using them as a scale for selection of the men to be promoted. In this way one had concrete and definite examples or standards rather than vague notions and intuitions. One's judgment is usually based on a comparison of the unknown with...