Word: utilitarian
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...remarkable that in a college where modern literatures are so eagerly studied, so little attention should be paid to those of Greece and Rome. This neglect is partly due to the worthless utilitarian protest that we should study only things which we can sensibly use in our life, and partly because of the undergraduate belief that in Harvard the study of the classics is not made worth while...
...congress is divided into seven divisions, as follows: normative sciences, historical sciences, physical sciences, mental sciences, utilitarian sciences, social regulation and social culture. These divisions are sub-divided into 24 departments and 129 sections. After the general meeting and formal opening on September 19, at which the president of the congress will deliver an address on its relation to scientific progress, the seven divisions will hold meetings, at each of which an address will be given on the general subject of the division, with particular reference to its inner unity. On Tuesday, September 20, the 24 departments will hold their...