Word: world
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...truth for truth's sake. But above everything else he should be eminently practical and be able to apply his knowledge. The engineer must not 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...
...brothers regardless of position, nationality or race, and that we must act as such. Fourth, God is our Father. This is the great motive underlying all other motives; it is the conviction out of which the others spring that love is at the heart of the world...
After being graduated from College, Mr. Colby set out on a tour of the world. He was gone nine months, spending most of the time in India and Ceylon hunting and photographing big game. He returned to this country after many interesting experiences, and after a year set out for Alaska, where he remained nearly a year, prospecting and hunting. It is of this country and his many varied experiences there that he will speak tonight...
...this month pleads for the establishment of a Harvard journalistic school which should conduct a model newspaper in Boston. The article is entitled "A Vision" and our only criticism of the idea lies in its visionary character. A perfect newspaper, run by Harvard instructors and students, and giving the world's news with absolute truthfulness and accuracy, would undoubtedly do an immense amount of good and would greatly increase the influence of the University. But in considering a project of this sort, the question of practicability is exceedingly important. A paper established on these lines would probably be a financial...
...also a movement toward restricting a school or a college to those parts of any subject which a school or college can teach. Mr. von Kaltenborn's plan does not look in that direction. The suggestion that the University should run a great newspaper in order to show the world how to do it is an interesting one and would have to be considered apart from the question of its use as a school of journalism. A model church, a model theatre, a model factory, and a model farm, perhaps also a model town, are a few other possibilities which...