Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...exterior of the building is of Harvard brick, constructed along Georgian lines, and is in perfect harmony with the other buildings of the University about Cambridge. The interior as yet has not been completely furnished, but everything will be settled within a short time. One of the outstanding features of the building is the large, attractive dining hall which comprises the second and third stories. Regular meals will not be served at the clubhouse until next Wednesday...
...very creation it has been the "big tent" for undergraduate activity, and this is clearly evident from the numerous mass meetings and smokers held there. In short, the Union has been the center of undergraduate life in the past, and by the plan of compulsion it is hoped to perfect it as such for the future...
...maturing years? Besides, poets are notoriously poor philosophers; even Dante has been suspected of heresy for placing Siger de Brabant in Paradise. And so Mr. Wright would beatify his "fair Pagan." "For he who going through life, embraces virtue like a friend--he it is who attains to the Perfect City and the Happy Islands...
Surely Harvard is making worthy contributions to science from her Physics Department. The principal building, however, is essentially a place for delicate measurements and nice adjustments. The presence of heavy machinery is an effective drawback to the most perfect results. A special building to contain the machine shops, as Professor Lyman says, would undoubtedly be a great been to the men doing research. The endowment also has been found insufficient to meet the demand of progressive work. To enable Jefferson to maintain its position in the first of the line; more funds are needed, and this is an especially good...
...most excellent work of any of the earlier printers. He reached the height of his art in 1501 when he printed editions of Virgil, Horace, Juvenal and Martial. Of the edition of Virgil only a few defective copies remain. It is impossible to find even a nearly perfect volume. Aldus also was the inventor of italics...