Word: narrower
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...meeting of the Athletic Committee held in University Hall yesterday afternoon, the most important action taken up was that of voting that hockey be made a major sport upon the recommendation of the undergraduate members of the committee. The insignia will be a crimson "H" with a narrow white border on a black sweater...
...attain true success he must understand the relation and relative importance of one thing to another, and he must not sacrifice great things to a few narrow aims. Man can gain comprehension only by submitting absolutely to the doctrine of universal love and by subordinating himself to his proper place in the universe. To the philosopher, immortality is so real that he regards life and death not as matters of importance but as mere changes of state. In Mr. Tagore's own words, "To unite with all things is the essence of goodness and the keynote of our philosophy...
...reward. Yet, in spite of the fact that the undergraduate scholar of his own accord chooses this career which he knows receives small recognition from his fellows, when he may be quite able to win high distinction in the so-called "outside interests and activities," he is dubbed a narrow-minded, self-seeking "grind," who seeks to take all from and give nothing to his University...
...scholarship of this University are worthy of the highest praise, for they perpetuate Harvard as an institution of learning and maintain her in her leadership of American universities. So the devotion of any undergraduate to the cause of scholarship does not in itself signify that he is a narrow-minded, parasitic, and incapable being. Furthermore, it is claimed that the undergraduate scholars work solely for grades and that they are not truly interested in scholarly endeavor. Such a contention is not true. Of course marks stand as an index of proficiency in scholarship, and naturally if a man is striving...
...that "interest in the more transcendental aspects of life" belongs to "the deluded and the unhealthy" is rather supported than disproved by most of the evidence in the essay. But perhaps the author's chief purpose, as he himself suggests, was only to combat his own tendency to a narrow rationalism and to cultivate a wider intellectual sympathy. In this self-discipline he seems to have been entirely successful...