Word: possession
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...must have learned the best method of accomplishing mental tasks thoroughly, and it is this training that assures his success in after life. Some learn the lesson of close mental application to particular problems without the aid of a college education, but the fact remains that self-made men possess this all-important faculty. If statistics show that a greater percentage of honor men among college graduates acquire the secret of success, which is synonomous with the habit of concentrated work, then the odds are against the class of undergraduates who consider outside activities of more importance than high grades...
...professorships established by the corporation. Rev. Morison explained that "the organization of the students was perhaps more definite than that of the instructors." In one of the courses lectures were held once a week at the pleasure of the instructor. On the other hand, every student was required to possess a copy of the old and new Testaments in the original language. A thorough knowledge of Latin, Greek, mathematics and history was assumed...
...handily 5 to 3, putting up an errorless game in the field and doing some very effective work with the bat. Two teams have been met since then, Amherst and Wesleyan, and both have been turned away with the short end of the score. Individually, the visitors possess a sensational out-fielder in Captain Seibert and a consistent hitter in Clark, the veteran shortstop...
...certainly not unpatriotic in sentiment but robbed of any patriotic inspiration by the manner of the singers. May a Freshman suggest that such a performance is hardly consistent with the patriotic sentiments of the ordinary man, to say nothing of the traditions and ideals that Harvard is supposed to possess? R. H. HAMMOND...
...University does not possess an original of Tyndale's translation, which was the first Bible to be printed in English, nor one of Wycliffe's manuscripts, whose translation was really the first, but there are facsimiles of Tyndale's translation, and text editions of Wycliffe's work. There are many copies of the Geneva Bible, which was the Puritans' testament, since a great many were brought to America...