Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...candidates, contrary to their usual custom, did not make themselves absolutely ridiculous; but they did not approach the form of their betters. It is a notable fact that the editors batted so well that not once was the opposing outfield able to get their hands on a fly ball...
There are probably few Freshmen who appreciate the significance of their dinner to be held tonight. It is only in retrospect that the relative importance of events becomes apparent, and not until the near approach of graduation is a student able to realize which of the varied experiences of his college career he would least desire to have omitted. With the lapse of time the Freshman Dinner stands out more clearly as one of these occasions. The new dormitories have made possible a greater development of acquaintanceships which last year stimulated attendance. Preparations are complete, and an entertainment has been...
...They may not be as intimate as the meetings of a closed club; they may not be over-hilarious and universal in their fraternization. But at class smokers one invariably meets dozens of men whom he would probably not meet during weeks in his ordinary rounds; and they do approach the democratic. They should not be so lightly passed over by the class officers whose duty it is to call the meetings...
...slight threads--if connected at all-with the great universities or with the Government, except as the Government exercises police supervision over the products of the business industries. He believed the Chamber of Commerce, representing as it does large commercial organizations throughout the country, was in a position to approach the educational institutions and Government officials with a view to preliminary conference on the subject. The National Chamber has formed a bond of union between the Government and business interests in a way nothing else has done, and he believed it would now go a step further...
...recruit. The General Staff doubtless is not satisfied with the work done in this line in state colleges and preparatory schools providing military training--we sincerely hope it is not--but this seems all the more reason for establishing a University battalion to see if we cannot more nearly approach that degree of efficiency which will satisfy the General Staff. And since, in addition to a sound physique and a knowledge of chemistry, emphasized by Dr. Sargent, it is necessary for an efficient officer to be versed in drill regulations, why not supplement our other training by work...