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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Address to Radcliffe Graduates," by C. E. Norton, '46, is a graceful bit of advice as to some of the objects and results of education. To quote: "The final aim and effort of civilization is to make life pleasanter; and this is the object of what we call good manners. . . . Manners,' as Emerson says, 'are the happy ways of doing things,' and the the best manners are those which have their root in habitual self-respect and in consideration for others." Good manners, the use of moral influence, the cultivation of an inner life, all are urged as due from...
Circulars have been published by the management of the Arnold Arboretum, asking for subscriptions to the now insufficient endowment fund. They state the aim of the Arboretum and tell of the work already accomplished in spreading the knowledge of the silva of our country. The Arboretum plant is valued at about $3,000,000, and yet its yearly income is barely $7,000. This is quite insufficient to pay for the salaries, the cost of all investigations and an enormous correspondence, the care of the Arboretum grounds, and keeping up and extending the living collections. It is estimated that...
What are the characteristics which will enable a man to meet this strict test of the world; to be considered as "of" and "for" men and not against them? First, he must give the world his best. He must make it the aim of his life not to look for easy positions, but to make himself indispensable and invaluable in whatever position he fills; he must feel "not that the world owes him a living, but that he owes the world a life." Second, he must not take something for nothing, but must pay full price for what he does...
...number of the Advocate out today the stories, as usual, outrank the verse. The poems, with the exception of "It Hath No Thorns" by Lyon Ives, seem decidedly forced and labored. Most aim too high, but an unsigned quatrain sets too low a goal and reaches it. The best of the stories are "From Mount Auburn to Exeter Street," an amusing piece of imagination, and "Endicott and the Janitor," by H. W. Eliot, an excellent character study. The editorial is sensible and well pointed but it interests the Advocate writers more than the readers of the paper. The other stories...
...first aim of the comedian is to amuse; the audience is to be pleased. The stage is not true life, and the artist must exaggerate those parts which he may wish to emphasize. In another way, the stage differs from real life. An actor need never feel. Emotion should always be ruled by intellect. It is never necessary to experience what one acts. It is art that conveys the impression of reality to the audience, not feeling...