Word: needing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Every day brings new evidence of the need of the Co-operative Association. The extortions of some of the tradesmen of Cambridge are shameful. They have flourished long enough on the outrages they have had the impudence to inflict on students, and now is the time to put an end to their extortions. We are glad to see that the Co-operative Association has determined not to start on a scale that would be too extensive, but we hope that they will gradually take means to free students as far as possible from purchasing any of the necessities from Cambridge...
...universities, to be added to the bill of fare, especially, also, in consideration of the vile quality of drinking water provided at the hall. But all this would be superfluous, for we are quite assured that the writer's insinuations are base slanders. But the suggestion as to the need of reform in providing better service and food for students in case of sickness is worthy of sober consideration, and many, to their sorrow, can bear witness to the truth of the statement that the students' position there "is simply wretched." A student at Harvard who cannot afford nurses...
...retirement the university suffers a positive loss. The instance becomes all the more important when we consider how little has been done to replace these recent losses. Although the junior professors and instructors are in general competent and thorough in their routine work of instruction, there is an evident need of a presiding authority in several cases who shall direct and advance the work and methods used. Last year several conspicuous additions were made to the classical department, and the example set in this respect might be profitably followed in the other departments where there is perhaps a more urgent...
...enough to call for such an extension, and increased advantage and popularity would certainly attend such a measure. It is to be hoped that some favorable action of this kind may be taken by the faculty for next year. The importance of the course calls renewed attention to the need of a similar one in the French department, where little or no provision is made for exercise in composition, although the need of it is great and urgent. We enjoy admirable advantages at Harvard for the study of French literature and for translation, but in the matter of French composition...
...question of the desirability of steam-heat for dwellings in the outer world, there is almost no doubt at all. Steam is fast coming to supercede all other methods of heating; and, if a practically scientific method of steam-heating were adopted for Harvard's dormitories, there need be no occurrence of the disagreeable symptoms of leakage and noise. Moreover, the pleasant appearance and advantages for ventilation of open fire-places need not be lost. There would be no occasion for removing them from the buildings...