Word: worldly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ringer," is to all intents and purposes a professional, because he is making athletics his one aim in life, and he should therefore be debarred. Thus all eligibility rules point toward the same end. But if a student in a graduate school stands in the athletic world on an equal footing with other athletes; if by playing him our university teams are not taking an unfair advantage over their opponents, the men in graduate departments should be eligible to play...
...today. The report shows, that, although the income from the Observatory fund in the last twenty-five years has increased from less than $20,000 to $50,000, and the number of assistants from six to forty, thus placing the Observatory in these respects among the largest in the world, further endowments are greatly needed for the erection of permanent buildings. Two gifts of considerable amounts, both anonymous, have been received during the year: one of $20,000, quite free from conditions, the other of $70,000, of which $10,000 is now available, for any astronomical work, whether undertaken...
Professor Pickering's report deals also with recent additions to the Astronomical Library; telegraphic announcements from all parts of the world; a new system of time service devised by Mr. Gerrish; the means of protection from fire at the Observatory, which are, it seems, but scant; the installation of steam heat in the west wing of the Observatory and a list of the year's publications...
...Architectural Acoustics" before the Engineering Society this evening at 8 o'clock in the Lecture Room of Pierce Hall. Professor Sabine will tell of his recent valuable experiments on this subject and will include a portion of the lecture on "Sound" which attracted much attention from the scientific world when delivered before the Massachusetts Institute of Technology two years...
...truth. Then too, he demands the opportunity of growth. Perhaps his religion is best characterized by his desire for active service. Philanthropy is the college man's way of expressing his faith; and it is largely by means of philanthropy that the spirit of God is felt throughout the world...