Word: objectiveness
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...remark of Lessing, that the second year the truth is more important than the finding of the truth, is thus illustrated. The advantages of this method are great. The use of books and of authorities is taught; and, above all else, a vigorous and discriminating intellectual discipline-the supreme object of all education-is promoted...
...bewildering. In our day the freshman was currently believed to possess no rights which an upper classman was bound to respect. He was despised and rejected. He was the hewer of wood and drawer of water for all his sophomore neighbors. He was regarded as the legitimate and proper object of all manner of "cussing," in dignity and torture. He was hazed. He was smoked out. He was dragged from his bed and given the pump bath. He was caused to mount his table and entertain his visitors with unspontaneous oratory, narrative and song. All these acts of discipline were...
...object is to "break up" the entire catalogue list every day. The students, played upon long benches, will be rapidly projected by an automatic application of pins. The professor will fire a question at each one and undoubtedly get the drop in every instance...
...editor makes the difference between the two papers, we can only say that we consider ourselves extremely fortunate in possessing that one editor. We do not suppose it makes any great difference to our readers how many editors we have as long as the paper satisfies them, but we object to the inference that we have twice as many editors as are necessary for the well being of a Yale paper...
...thousand dollars from the Eben Wright estate with accrued interest, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the administration of the library. In other words the sum is not reserved for the purchase of books or for any one particular purpose, but can be devoted to any object which the library authorities may consider most necessary for a successful administration of the building in their charge...