Word: rigidly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...emphasis is more than ever on the things which unite, less than ever on the things which divide. Not yet have the protagonists of unity reached their goal. But the churches are more joined in co-operation and mutual helpfulness than was ever possible in the days of rigid dogma and unyielding denominational pride. It will be difficult for the Harvard Divinity School to celebrate its own work without at the same time celebrating these advantages toward what Dr. A. C. McGiffert, in summing up the aims of the Christian faith, recently called "the control of all human relationships...
...This being, apparently, his view, Mr. Russell can hardly complain of his own treatment by the British Government; he must admit that, being in a madhouse, it is natural that the inmates, who regard themselves as sane, should after their fashion treat him as a madman. To escape the rigid supervision of the authorities in time of war, a philosopher would have to detach himself not merely from the point of view of his countrymen, but from that of the planet on which he lives, and go to live not, perhaps, on Mars, but on some heavenly body with...
...When we come to discuss the curriculum of the new School, several points are to be noted. In the first place, an attempt is made to steer between the rigid and fixed curriculum found in some of the American professional schools and the very elastic schemes that are found in the ordinary university courses here and abroad. It was attempted to strike a happy medium by requiring in the first year from all candidates for a degree a certain number of courses aggregating one-half or two-thirds of the whole. Every student who intends to go into business should...
Crew men complain that this question does not concern the undergraduate body. Perhaps it does not, but one would think that the men who work hard and faithfully for six months of the year, who go through a period of training much more rigid than any other sport, and who give the last ounce of their strength in the Yale race, would bitterly resent such a lack of appreciation on the part of the men they strive so hard worthily to represent. As has been said before, the average undergraduate has no faith in the present system, a system which...
...field of investigation most care is required for the milk supply. Except for the one instance last fall in the Varsity Club, milk has passed all the tests. But as an epidemic might easily start from this source, rigid inspection is preserved, in the form of weekly examinations. The Sanitary Department requires pasteurization and compliance with the Massachusetts laws for analysis. Of the results of other food tests, little deserves mention except that all the dining halls have been found sanitary...