Word: surmounting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...allow doubling up, to see to it that a student does a few good theses well rather than a large number in a slipshod fashion. These are, of course, dangers of the abuse of such privileges; but they are administrative difficulties which the personal supervision of the tutors could surmount. President Lowell's theory that the student rather than the individual course is the proper unit in education applies with force to this situation...
...four stone posts which mark the ends of the balustrade of the Anderson Memorial Bridge, I. Kirchmayer, chiefly known as an artist in wood-carving, has modelled bronze sculptural designs symbolizing Peace and War. The models, which are to be gilded, are in pyramidal form. One War model will surmount the two posts at either end of the bridge. The attributes in the composition of the War group are a Roman corselet, from an original in one of the museums in Europe decorated with martial objects in low relief; a sword and helmet, shields, Roman faces, spears...
...decrease in receipts of several thousand dollars caused by doing away with subscriptions, combined with a formidable array of increased expenditures, formed an obstacle which only most careful and constant supervision on the part of those in charge could surmount...
...other wars. Between eight and nine thousand dollars will be needed for the erection of this flagstaff, which will be set on an ornamental bronze pedestal, resting on a sub-structure of granite, surrounded by a seat of the same stone. A bronze eagle and ball will surmount the staff and around the pedestal will be four tablets bearing the names of the soldiers and patriots who lie in the old burial ground nearby...