Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...only other place available was the large room in the basement, which had been used by the upperclassmen. Therefore the eastern end of this room, containing nine tables, was given up to the Freshmen. To accomplish this it was necessary to divide the upperclassmen's accommodations. It will be necessary, then, for upperclassmen to remember that all of their billiard tables are in the western end of the basement room, and all of their pool tables are in the room on the second floor. THE HOUSE COMMITTEE...
...beginning of a college year one of the great duties held up before men is the duty of concentration; in order that they may accomplish definite work and not spend their energies to no avail. Concentration is important, but interruptions to a man's work are bound to come--calls which he cannot refuse to hear. To meet these calls upon his time and yet continue his own work a man must learn thoroughly such lavishness as marked the life of Christ, lavishness which shrinks from no amount of work and is of one spirit with the lavishness...
...leave Cambridge on Saturday. If the Library were open Sunday evening instead of Sunday afternoon, they would be able to spend Saturday evening and all day Sunday at home and return for an evenings' work after a good rest. Under the present scheme, if one intends to accomplish work in the Library, he might as well not leave Cambridge at all. This is the case at any rate with the man who lives any great distance out of town. Personally, I have been very much exasperated very often by the present system and I feel sure that this has been...
However far back we go in ancient tales and traditions, we find all of the characteristics of the short story given in unrivalled perfection. The modern short story writers, however, stand for a new movement because of their attempt to accomplish a certain end by taking a certain attitude. The ordinary novel is objectionable, as Poe says, because it cannot be read at one sitting, but the combination of brevity and unity in the short story is its greatest charm. Every work of fiction depends for its success on its characters, its plot, or its action and circumstances. In character...
...correlated subjects. The general conclusion is that a boy of eighteen who has had a good training up to that age will ordinarily use the elective system wisely, and that the boy who has had an imperfect or poor training up to eighteen years is more likely to accomplish something worth while under an elective system than under any other...