Word: impression
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Senior Dormitory Committee wishes to impress upon the Junior Class the fact that President Lowell is exceedingly desirous that the custom of Seniors living in the Yard be continued. It has been advised that the men should form in groups the largest of which may contain 12 men, with not more than two men in each room; for the larger groups are given preference in the allotment...
...regard his professors as machines to shovel knowledge into his head. He forgets the human element. But if he glances back over the courses he has taken, he will realize that the ones he liked best were given by men he admired. The characteristics of the instructor impress themselves on a student's mind. From one he gets a touch of humor; from another a new and broadening outlook on the questions...
...Class Album will commence next Monday at Notman's. All members of the class from Adams to Bushnell who are in College must make appointments for sittings not later than Friday, January 31. Although individual notices will be sent later, the committee desires at this time to impress upon every man the necessity of keeping appointments at Notman's and of promptly replying to inquiries, because of the delay occasioned by the late date of the Senior elections...
...very grateful to him for having backed up with his high authority the criticism I expressed so often. Our men must acquire more precision and more snap in all the close order exercises, in marching, and in all these details which give troops a good military appearance, and impress in a favorable way the civilian spectators...
...supplies to pay for. When we do not build ships up to schedule we are saving the expense of building them. All this is quite axiomatic. But only in part does it account for the improved treasury showing. Mr. McAdoo and his associates undoubtedly thought it best to impress their fellow-countrymen with the seriousness of the situation by very ample estimates; as it turned out, too ample. And all these figures include, of course, our loans to the allies, which are, theoretically, an investment whatever we may think of them as security...