Word: functionality
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Instead of the usual summing up the year's activities at Harvard, President Conant devoted the burden of his report to defining the function of a university in this time of crisis. There must be no compromising of the ideals for which democracy stands, he announced, and the university must serve as a watchful guard over the "eternal verities." Concretely, this means that Harvard must not again be turned into a mere "armed camp," no matter how the world situation develops. It mean that liberal universities must be more than just technological training schools for the development of better soldiers...
Church's Function. "The Church has the duty and the right to speak, not only to its members but to the world, concerning the true principles of human life. . . . The Church, as we know it, does not. . . . We, therefore, urge that enterprises be initiated whereby that life can be made manifest...
...Stage in Action by Samuel Selden (Crofts; $2.75), a learned study of the function of rhythmics in theatrical movement, sound, design...
Worship of God. "I mean more than liturgy by that. I mean active acknowledgment by men of the will of God, the moral law of God, the justice and love of God-in their own lives and in the life of the world. The function of the Church is to prevent men from taking anything less than God as their ultimate concern...
...find indispensable ballast as he goes on in economics. The non-concentrators, however--and by requirement of the Division they are numerous in the course--are left with their tools in mid-air, without the slightest hope of ever touching the ground of reality. To carry out its dual function with justice to all, Ec A could profitably use more case material, and risk an occasional reference to government, unemployment, communism, and even Ft. Knox...