Word: lack
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...article referred to says: "Even the Iayman visiting Harvard is struck by the almost haphazard architecture and entire lack of any general scheme." Unfortunately this is too true. It is difficult to understand why a consistent plan was not followed in the erection of our buildings, and why distorted ideas of architectural beauty should have been perpetuated in some of our least attractive structures. An intense absorption in the engrossing problems of education on the part of the governing authorities must be responsible for the uneven development of the University grounds. Why the power plant was allowed to drop down...
...than that he may enjoy what he has already produced. Man's egotism is opposed by his will and turned into altruism, and his intelligence, which distinguishes him from other members of the animal kingdom and raises him to the realm of a divine being tends to offset his lack of efficiency in producing happiness. As the intelligence is developed, the human race will tend to become a "race of gods," which is the ultimate end of the universe...
...work that the candidates have done here as undergraduates. Their qualities have been tried as thoroughly as such tasks can test the calibre of a man. The men are known personally or by reputation to most members of the class; there ought to be no cases in which lack of knowledge about the nominees is an excuse for not voting...
...ever felt free to embrace the world entire, both fact and fancy. One expects to find, however, in that embrace more real grip than is evident in the present instance. With but few exceptions, the pieces have the fussiness of old age, without the latter's choice reflectiveness; they lack the urgent passion of youth...
...lecture last night on "The Civic Functions of the Theatre," Mr. Percy MacKaye '97 maintained that a civic ideal for the theatre existed, but that it had at present no important influence on account of the lack of the proper means to realize it. This means is endowment, without which no public institution can exist...