Word: proper
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unnecessary to establish an elaborate system of scholarships for this purpose. That which is most needed in distant states is a close relation between the Harvard Clubs and the High Schools of their cities. There is plenty of material. It is just a matter of directing it into the proper channel...
...that is the fault of the English language, for there is no object to be gained by such substitution. The league cannot agree to anything until it is created by the high contracting parties. Carrying the analogy to the debating society further, it is submitted that it is entirely proper to say 'we agree that the society shall be intrusted etc.', but is unrhetorical to say the society agrees that the society shall be intrusted, etc.' The same misconception of the significance of the relation of these expressions is shown in the remainder of the speech which attempts to show...
...would give a candidate too great an advantage if but one were proposed, while if the former officers named three, the class would be robbed of a stimulus for nominating men by petition since three candidates are the required number for each office. Thus two seems to be the proper number for the initial selection. A move will be made in time to allow the members of the class to draw up any number of petitions...
Learning is not and should not be made a thing of dollars and cents. We are, however, forced to consider the question of a respectable living for our teachers, of a proper opportunity for investigation, and, by investigation, of adding something to human knowledge. There are plenty of good men and women in the field of education. Indeed one wonders how so many dared face the hardships of a course of training that covers so many years and offers no immediate remuneration. If we intend to elevate our standards and make our methods more efficient we must, out of common...
...also "students who have completed three years of the prescribed course of a college of high grade and left college to enter the military or naval service of the United States or one of the countries allied with the United States, upon producing certificates of their college work and proper evidence of furlough or discharge from the service." There will be the same number of lectures as in the regular session, the courses will be conducted by the regular teaching staff and substantially the same opportunities will be offered. The session is arranged primarily to meet the needs of students...