Word: element
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gifted by nature or developed by training, who have that subtle power of accomplishing, the responsibility for doing the larger part of the good and the bad which is put into effect. By the fundamental theory of higher education, collegiate graduates are expected to form the most efficient element of society. Mr. Roosevelt has pointed out a very real responsibility which pertains to this class, and one which can be fulfilled only by adding to efficiency, integrity...
MODERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE. "The Time-Element in Classical Comedy." Professor C. H. Moore. Common Room, Conant Hall...
MODERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE. "The Time-Element in Classical Comedy." Professor C. H. Moore. Common Room, Conant Hall...
...communities there are individuals who seize every opportunity to attract attention to themselves by loud noises. Such men are always in numbers a very minor element, and come to be regarded as unworthy of the attention which they so strenuously seek. At first they may gain a little superficial notoriety, but this is soon lost in any true estimate of their worth...
Toward the end of such a period a student is mentally exhausted, and his chances of passing in the last two or three tests is dangerously impaired. Another element which makes these extra examinations even more onerous than they naturally would be, is the fact that the make-ups require if anything a longer period of review than the examinations would if taken in February. This is true because of the greater time which has elapsed since the work was taken...