Word: commanding
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...thorough command of his subject unless in addition to knowing and thinking about it he can express himself; and for this reason the theses now extensively used are among the most valuable part of our undergraduate education; but it is not improbable that they would be more effective if their use was more systematic. Theses are now so numerous, and come in all the courses so nearly at the same time, that they are often hurriedly and carelessly written...
...well-known pieces of Chopin, were performed by Mr. Moeldner '13, a pupil of Madame Hopekirk. Although in the first piece the left hand portion was a bit heavy, the Nocturne was played with real poetic feeling, and throughout Mr. Moeldner preserved a singing tone, showed an easy command of the keyboard, and, in the difficult Polonaise, unusual brayura. Following a recently adopted and praiseworthy policy of the Sodality, an original piece by an undergraduate was given--a Scherzo by C. B. Roepper '10, in which the composer makes a clever and genial use of modern effects in rhythm...
...feats in polar exploration ever accomplished. The earliest report of his achievement reached England on March 23, 1909, where it produced great excitement. He had been a member of an earlier Antarctic expedition under Scott in 1902-03; but it was not until 1907 that he set out in command of his own. He succeeded in reaching a point 111 miles from the pole, on January 9, 1909, and undoubtedly would have reached the pole itself if his provisions had not become exhausted...
...premature death of Dr. Henry Augustus Torrey leaves his many warm friends in deep sorrow. He was chosen in 1903 as instructor of organic chemistry at Harvard because he was believed to command in rare degree, all the varied attributes needed by the successful teacher and investigator. His work immediately vindicated the choice; and he was promoted, in 1905, to an assistant professorship. He succeeded in so illuminating an involved and technical subject as to show clearly the vivid interest of its underlying facts and the ories; moreover, he had already begun to make his mark among the forward looking...
...connected with the objects of positive science. Now, if science does not mean a mere illusory process, the creative operation of intelligence, as distinguished from the scientific reduction of reality to inert terms, may be considered as absolutely pertinent to the nature of reality, and as well entitled to command all our efforts in its carrying...