Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doubted whether with a competent umpire this disagreeable feature would be any more characteristic of the game as played this year than as played in previous years. It is also true that interference has added much to the interest of the game from a spectator's standpoint, and a great many real lovers of the game would be sorry to see it forbidden. There is one species of offside play, however, which we will all agree should be abolished, and that is interference with the ball while it is being put in play. The rushers are allowed entirely too much...
...said that he desired to emphasize the fact that he was to speak of tendencies; that he would not outline a system of philosophy, but the lines along which modern theological thought is tending. It is necessary to speak from the standpoint of philosophy because theology is the philosophy of religion...
...time given to the subject is evidently too brief, but much might be saved by a more systematic arrangement of the course. The writing done was valuable for the discipline and for the criticism it elicited. Criticism of the college press was beneficial although I think from an unfair standpoint." Another speaks thus: "Any member of the class who goes into journalism will do it with his eyes open and know just what he must expect. He will not expect to start in as a dramatic critic or book reviewer, but will know that he has got to do daily...
...with a reporter of the Boston Post, speaks of the work of the committee and some of its results. The gentleman, besides being a student in the philosophical department of the University, is the pastor of a leading Congregationalist church in Kansas City, Mo., and speaks from an Orthodox standpoint. He says...
This pamphlet, forming No. LVIII of the "Question of the lay" series, is a reprint of an article which appeared in the October number of the Harvard Monthly. It is a candid discussion of American politics from the standpoint of an independent. The evils of our present system are clearly set forth, especially the ineffectiveness of our legislative bodies and the danger of a partisan civil service. Recognizing the necessity of organization, Mr. Storey deplores the supremacy of the party spirit now so predominant in politics. He suggests as a substitute the organization of local clubs for the purpose...