Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with a whip. And this it seems to me, is what they are attempting at New Haven. There is but one way to make the undergraduate pay more attention to his books. That is, to increase his desire to learn; stimulate his curiosity and his ambition and make him conscious of his mental inferiority. Why do undergraduates slave and work over their extra-curriculum activities? Because they make a direct appeal to ambition and pride. The thought that they may derive great good from these activities does not generally enter a student's head until long after he has graduated...
...because of its vigor. A step in the right direction has been taken. The Student Council has appointed a committee to present to the Faculty suggestions for the elucidation of the system of concentration and distribution. But this is not enough. The student body as a whole should become conscious of the possibility of change, should think, discuss and present to the Faculty as many ideas as possible on the subject...
...Faculty who are still away from their posts at Harvard. Four are now serving as advisory members of the Peace Conference, where their services are hardly to be dispensed with, but many more are still engaged in work at Washington and may not return for many months. While deeply conscious of the invaluable services which they have performed during the war we feel that their continued absence from Cambridge is possibly an unnecessary drain on the effectiveness of University Administration. Would it not be possible to recall some of them from positions at present less important to fill the places...
...communications which appeared in these columns yesterday and today can not be overlooked. Mr. Matsuno's letter of appreciation found as much welcome in our hearts as Mr. Allport's reply arouses approval. We are deeply conscious of the necessity of a mutual trust between Japan and the United States, as well as of the opportunity which the students of this great empire offers us in their presence here. If they have felt a coldness on the part of the Americans, it is due neither to a lack of appreciation nor a disregard of the honor they grant us. They...
...have five cent fares again? Are we no longer to stand in line for eight-cent tickets; but once more be able casually to tass our nickels or anything else we happen to have into the collection box? Are we going to be able to go anywhere without being conscious of a brass band in our trouser pockets? If this be so, we are indeed returning to ante-bellum days...