Word: belief
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Should the hammer-throw be changed? This question is one that has been much discussed of late among those who are especially interested in track athletics, and the CRIMSON, in the belief that a thorough discussion of the problem would be of interest and profit, has invited correspondence on the subject from the track coaches of several large colleges and universities. Some of this correspondence we are printing in another column. The comments received in reply to our questions on the matter represent the careful thought of men who are very closely connected with track athletics in this country...
...which was held in the Union, the early traditions of Holworthy Hall were recounted by graduates with a vividness and interest that charmed the undergraduates and called up in the minds of the graduates pleasant memories of the past. President Lowell used the opportunity to emphasize his often-expressed belief that dormitories are superior to all other means of bringing men together for social purposes. That he is correct in his belief was shown Saturday evening, when graduates and undergraduates, drawn together by the common ties of traditions and pleasant memories, united with enthusiasm and cordiality to make the Centennial...
There are certain vital elements in the representative system which cannot be undermined without impairing its delivery. Our constitution is grounded on the belief that representatives should be vested with power to work for the good of the whole people and independent of any passing majority in the electorate. The affirmative proposes to attack both the good and bad in our representative government alike. The negative proposes to keep the one and discard the other by coping with the evils by specific remedies...
There may be a difference of opinion among older men as to the relative merits of liberal and technical training. Harvard is primarily an institution of Liberal Arts and Technology, we are proud to admit, stands well in the van of technical schools. It is our belief that the one is the complement of the other. Progress in the field of industry and invention can not be achieved in this country without there are capable and highly trained technical experts. In supplying these, Technology does our country an eminent service. But beside technical training, there is another quality which every...
Many people dislike a formal creed, but a creed of some sort is necessary even to the atheist or the agnostic. The question is merely whether one should express his belief in his own individual way, or should adopt the thought and phrasing which have endured for ages...