Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that the relative importance of the different groups shall be understood when compared with the infinitely greater life of the college as a whole. Let each man have his special associates, his special interests, his special studies and pursuits, but let him remember that he cannot get the full benefit of life in college if he does nothing but specialize; and that, what is even more important, he cannot do his full duty by the college unless his first and greatest interest is in the college itself, in his associates taken as a mass, and not in any small group...
...value, education is good only in so far as it is used aright, and if it is misused or if it causes the owner to be so puffed up with pride as to make him misestimate the relative values of things it becomes a harm and not a benefit. There are a few things less desirable than the arid cultivation, the learning and refinement which lead merely to that intellectual conceit which makes a man in a democratic community like ours hold himself aloof from his fellows and pride himself upon the weakness which he mistakes for supercilious strength...
...Phillips Brooks House Association wishes to call attention to the text book library which was opened last fall, and is maintained in Phillips Brooks House for the benefit of men who cannot afford to buy all their books. It has at present between 400 and 500 books available for use, and in addition there are about 100 books which have been loaned out. The library is in the Randall Room on the first floor of Phillips Brooks House, and books are loaned on application at the office at any time between 9 and 12 or 1.30 and 5 o'clock...
...been acting as head coach of the football team. Those services have not been limited to the technical business of coaching, but have included valuable assistance to the University as its representative on the Football Rules Committee; in collecting and formulating your views and experiences in coaching for the benefit of your successors; and as a spokesman for clean and honorable sport on many public and private occasions. The Committee would cordially bear witness to your fidelity, earnestness, and uniform courtesy, in the execution of your duties in many trying emergencies; and to your successful advocacy of a high standard...
...Wolf street from the Parkway to the junction with Bow street in front of Westmorly Court; and of Bow street from there to Quincy square. The widening of these streets will necessitate the clearing away of many of the undesirable houses in the vicinity, which would be a great benefit to the city and to the community. Shade trees will be placed on each side of the avenue and no car tracks will be allowed...