Word: functioning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...religion remained Chaplain Williams' prime function. He summed it up last week: "Religion, to be of importance to the soldier or sailor, must have something convincing to say to them about the meaning of God and the meaning of their own souls. . . . The chaplain who talks to his men about God will be respected and listened to. The chaplain who uses his few precious minutes talking about the wickedness of shooting craps will be largely ignored. When men are living cheek by jowl with death they rapidly get down to essentials. Religion...
Snorted President Willard :"A university has only one major function, which is education and research. . . . The business operations of the institution are secondary and incidental to this function and so are its general public relations...
...attitudes are possible, however, towards the situation created: educators can simply give up, on the assumption the their function and obligation are suspended for the duration; or they can determine to preserve everything that does not conflict with an unstinted was effort...
Nerve grafts from cadavers can be preserved for long periods, Dr. de Rezende found, in either liquid petrolatum or alcohol. The grafted nerve tissue need not be "alive" when transplanted. Reason: "The function of the nerve transplant is to a large extent merely mechanical. The graft presents thousands of microscopic channels which will help the down-growth of the neurofibrils...
Memorial Hall, today, is only a shell. It stands a gaunt monument to the dead of a forgotten war, meaning little to those who prepare for a vastly greater war. As a college building the theatre annex alone fills a useful function. Mem Hall, today, has lost its dignity and its meaning...