Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...themselves. But now the regimental government has made compulsory two Sunday exercises, on the 21st and the 28th. It points out that this time is no more than equivalent to the time which the problems, to which we agreed, should have demanded. But then we agreed to a task distasteful to none; now we are directed to do what some of us would oppose. And then the announcement apologetically says that these exercises are "mandatory." Whether they are advisable or no, the Commander should be slow to acquire the reputation for having violated the rights of the men who volunteered...
...spite of the rough water on the Charles River Basin yesterday afternoon, University A and the Freshman crews held a long practice. Not much could be told as to the form of the crews, for it was rather a task to keep the shells from rolling. The "Pup" put in an especially busy day, as it was called upon to rescue two sets of canoeists in addition to the regular coaching duties...
...years ago the Department of Economics invited the Department of Education to undertake a survey of its work. This study has been carried on as fast as the resources of the Department of Education would permit, and it is expected that by the end of this year the task will have been completed. Already valuable results have come from various suggestions made by the Department of Education, and it is believed that the completed survey will be of greatest aid to the Department of Economics...
...task of reviewing a periodical whose object is professedly not literary, is always difficult, and the result proportionately unsatisfactory. What comments can be passed on a picture of the track squad, however interesting, save that it bears an extraordinary resemblance to the track squad? Articles on undergraduate theatricals or baseball prospects, however interesting, could not be fairly discussed from a literary standpoint, which is after all the only possible standpoint for a critical review. The stock review published in the humorous number of the Illustrated, while justly satirical, points out at the same time the difficulties of the reviewer...
Speaking broadly, every worker, no matter to what task he is assigned in life, should have some of the unprofessional quality in his life; that is, he should care for his work not solely for the amount it brings in, but as something of itself interesting. If, in the fields of industry and profession, this outlook is needed to make life really worth while, how much greater is the need in the fields of art? All that music, that literature, painting or sculpture live for is the individual contribution to the beauty or significance of the world, which springs from...