Word: adaptation
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...some other suitable place, be flooded and made into a skating rink for the use of the students only, and also for the ice hockey team to practice on at stated times. Nothing could be easier than to construct such a rink on Holmes Field which, naturally low, would adapt itself splendidly to the purpose, and I should think that there would be no great difficulty in obtaining the necessary water from the Cambridge water works. It would be interesting to get the opinion of the Athletic Committee and the students as to the advisability of having such a college...
...Christ that we see the two forces, perfectly combined. By His whole life we are taught respect for the past, firmness to adapt the old truth to the search for new truth. Yet His radicalism is living; not passive, but active. The old testament "Thou shalt not do evil" becomes the new testament "Thou shalt do good...
...Dutton began by comparing the kindergarten with the primary school, pointing out how much the former is to be preferred to the latter. The chief reason for this preference is that the kindergarten aims to adapt its instruction to the child's interests and inclinations, while the primary school follows, or used to follow, a course of study not varied at all to suit the child's abilities...
...success of a man's business, he insisted, was a practical illustration of the theory of the survival of the fittest; that man will always reach the top of the ladder who is best able to adapt himself to the requirements of whatever position may offer. It does not depend upon how much he may know, but upon how much of his knowledge he can make of use to himself...
...been decided to place the preliminary choice of editors to this board in the hands of a committee. This committee will meet all men who wish to try for the paper, will explain to them the general character of the work, and adapt each man's work to his particular capacities. One or more members of the committee will meet the candidates each...