Word: seeking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...misapprehension on several points. In the first place, one half of the men in college do not compete for scholarships, as he states. Statistics show that only about one fifth of the men in each class apply for scholarships, and of these fully two-thirds obtain the aid they seek. In the second place, the writer states what is not true when he says very many of the scholarships are awarded to men who do not really need them. Before a man can receive pecuniary assistance from the college he must submit to an examination by the Dean and must...
...room, are obliged to retire some distance from the yard, in order to find suitable accommodation within their means. Just as, before the establishment of the Co-operative Society, Cambridge trades people used to be with each other in charging exorbitant prices for their goods, so now the landlords seek to get as much as possible from the students. Dormitories belonging to the college are sadly needed and in no way could the college funds be invested more satisfactorily. However, if the college is unwilling to take the initiative, we are glad to see that private individuals...
...Secretary will, as far as time and opportunity permit, seek to secure the desired employment for all whose records justify an effort in their behalf. Those who wish to make application may obtain blanks at the office for the purpose...
...were well-filled, but the pews in the body of the chapel were for the most part empty. After the opening voluntary by Mr. Locke, Dr. Hale made the introductory prayer and read the xci. Psalm. The Rev. Mr. Gordon then delivered a short sermon, taking as his text, "Seek and Ye Shall Find." A portion of the speaker's remarks were substantially as follows: "Many men come near certain moral truths in the course of their lives, but because they are not in search of these truths they slip by unheeded. It is of inestimable importance we learn early...
...mind has but one way of learning anything, and that the method which he advocates is the only method in philosophy which can yield a ground of settled convictions. This method would modernize philosophy, he believes. Now, if we young men are taught anything, it is that we should seek as many independent points of view as possible. It is true that one of the ablest philosophers in Boston recently stated that physiological psychology, for example, is impossible. But in a short time a very able work on physiological psychology was published in this country. It would seem that anything...