Word: commanding
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...part of an instructor's work, and especially unsuited for elementary courses, which require a clear view of general principles, rather than accurate knowledge of some special topic. He must be inexperienced in lecturing, conducting recitations and answering questions, and in judging of a student's work. He cannot command the confidence of the men he is teaching. It seems ill advised to place such a man in the difficult position of instructor over a large course. If it is necessary to give entire charge of any courses to instructors ouside of the faculty, Harvard ought to be able...
...Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Harvard Law Review command respectful attention throughout the country. The series of classical studies by the instructors and advanced students of the Latin and Greek department, of which the first volume has appeared, will undoubtedly be a valuable publication. But many important departments at Harvard are underrepresented except in periodicals published under the auspices of other Universities, such as the Modern Language Notes of Johns Hopkins University or the Psychological Journal edited by the president of Clark University. Our faculty have several times considered the question of establishing a journal representing the University...
...sang Tours's anthem, "In Thee O Lord" Rev. Phillips Brooks then spoke, taking for his text the words from Matthew, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy strength and with all thy soul." The speaker said it was impossible to command ourselves to love God unless we feel the fundamental intrinsic relationship between God and man. To love a being truly, we must stand before it and feel the magic of its presence. We can stand in the presence of God by "standing in the way of his commandments." Dr. Brooks...