Word: objective
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Nearly all these men come here with well-defined ambitions. Few have no serious object in coming, and few fail to respond to the call of duty. The enthusiasm with which the students helped the University to care for the Cuban teachers is ample proof of this. However trying the work, however much of good judgment and patience it required, they were always glad to meet every responsibility...
...What the object of the Graduate School is, may best be stated by calling it a professional school of arts and sciences. Modern requirements for teachers are high, and scientific methods of investigation are daily in greater demand. This is what most graduate students are seeking for; but at the same time the School will always welcome those who come merely for the broader culture which it offers...
...object of this reception hall is to provide a warm and comfortable place where ladies may rest, before or during the games on the field. With this in view there is a large, open fire-place, built of rough brick, in a recess near one corner of the room. In it there will always be a wood fire on afternoons when there are games. Opening from the same side of the hall are toilet rooms, equipped with all facilities for the use of visitors. The upper story of the lodge contains dwelling rooms only, and will not be open...
...branch of work known as the Department of Self-help has just been started under the direction of Mr. Kitchel of the Greek Department. The object is to aid students in finding means of self-support while in College...
...requirements in the different branches of the service. This plan is sure to increase the value of many of the courses, as well as the attendance, for by it the men are given a more practical goal to work for than the advantages of general culture. With the same object in view, it is possible that the number of courses will be reduced, those of an impractical nature being omitted; and an effort will be made to make the popular courses, such as typewriting, shorthand and arithmetic, more interesting than they have been before...