Word: vital
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Union tonight, at which time the University extends an official welcome to newcomers. Many upperclassmen who are over-burdened with engagements are glad to take advantage of such an occasion. In act, were President Eliot the only speaker, the chance to hear him talk informally upon some topic of vital interest is one which no one can well afford to miss,--least of all anyone to whom it will be a new experience...
Among the other contributions to this interesting number are the following: a history of the activities of the Harvard Club of Philadelphia, by Frank Haseltine '60; "Vital Statistics of Harvard College Graduates, 1830-1904," by Henry S. Mackintosh '60; some comments on "Theodore Roosevelt's College Rank and Studies," by F. J. Ranlett '80; an admirable statement of the "Ideals and Methods of the New Harvard Medical School," by Professor W. T. Councilman,--one that every Harvard man ought to read; two papers on Louis Agassiz, one by his son, Alexander Agassiz '55, the other by Professor Bure G. Wilder...
...whole there is perhaps nothing so insignificant as entirely and immediately to escape one's memory after reading, there are only two pieces that have elements of power-Mr. Moore's sketch and Mr. Wheelock's sonnet. In both the strength lies in the authors having something vital to express. T. HALL...
...comfort of the community. The arguments against it are the probability of increased corruption and financial loss. In regard to ordinary industries we should encourage municipal ownership under three conditions only,--when the trade is such that it tends to become a monopoly, when the trade is one of vital importance to the community, and when a change of prices is apt to arise which could not be foreseen at the time the franchise was granted
...public performance of "Liovido del Cielo," by Vital Aza, the second annual play of the Sociedad Espanola, will be given in Brattle Hall, this evening at 8 o'clock. Tickets for the play at $1,75 cents, and 50 cents, are on sale at the Schoenhof Book Company, 128a Tremont street, Boston and the Co-operative, or may be obtained from G. Rivera '09, College House...