Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Brigadier-General Cole treated the subject from the standpoint of the citizen-soldier. He declared that the necessity of trained officers has been keenly felt since the Revolution, that today, the one great weakness in the army is the ineffiency of the officers. Nothing is needed more now than an extension of the kind of training school which is now conducted by army and national guard officers in Massachusetts. "The most promiscuous murderer in the world" he quoted "is the inefficient military officer. His incompetence results in the massacre of men to no purpose...
...concert in Sanders Theatre last evening with a program of unusual interest including Borodin's First Symphony, Beethoven's Overture to Coriolanus, Handel's Concerto Grosso No. 20 and the Hungarian March from Berlioz' "Damnation of Faust." The choice of Borodin's Symphony was felicitous both from the historical standpoint and that of intrinsic merit. Would that more conductors of symphony orchestras might follow Mr. Hewitt's example. For Borodin's Symphony, the second to be composed in Russia, is a notable instance of independence, individuality and resource despite the obvious obligations to Schumann. Written in a difficult if effective...
...southern trip during the spring recess, which comprises a tour of New York, Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington, the lacrosse team will take a western trip to Geneva and Ithaca. These two trips are unrivalled from the point of a good time, and they possess much value from the educational standpoint. Last year Harvard lost the lacrosse championship for the first time in seven years and there is much work to be done to re-establish its supremacy in this branch of athletics. This end can be obtained only through an abundance of material and close competition. Therefore more...
...From the standpoint of injuring the name of the college, the argument is ludicrous. Of the hundreds attending class functions during the year very few drink to excess. Is it not better to have a smoker here than have the same number of men go into town and drink there. Yet this is what the "revolutionists" forcing upon the majority...
...Union has been fortunate, indeed, in securing Mr. Cooper to address the members this evening. The nature of his address, which deals with engineering, should appeal to a large number of the members; and the fact that Mr. Cooper approaches his subject not alone from a standpoint of theory, but from one of personal experience gained by active and successful work, insures a most interesting talk...