Word: best
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...visiting teams left Cambridge feeling that Harvard was distinctly unfriendly, simply because an overworked manager was the only one supposed to look out for them, and he had too many other important things to do. With no one to extend the ordinary civilities, many teams made their way as best they could from their way as best they could from their station to their hotel and Soldiers Field, and on their departure probably made most unfavorable comparisons between Harvard and other universities. We hope that such cases were the exception rather than the rule, but they undoubtedly occurred quite frequently...
...with questions relating to these subjects. We trust that everyone will answer these questions carefully and fully, and return them to the Committee at once. It is only by ascertaining the wishes of the students and complying with them, that the Committee can hope to succeed, and the best way to help them is by giving them the information desired...
...cannot find fault with fencing as a sport as we can with basketball, because it has been shown to be one of the best forms of indoor exercise, and is recommended by many experts for the general development of the body. But apparently the attractions of the game do not excite the ambitions of many Harvard undergraduates, and the uniform unsuccess of the team has not tended to increase its popularity. As long as the feeling exists that the number of intercollegiate athletic contests should be reduced, and even if there were no such feeling, it would be well...
...Bonaparte began his lecture by saying that a man must be fitted for the profession which he is going into; he must have some idea of his own capabilities and tastes in order to form an opinion of what profession would best suit him. If a man has fallen in love with a profession he will go against the grain if he tries to follow another. There must be a conformity between the man and the law or his profession, just as there is a conformity between the tools and the profession for which they are used...
...Faculty. The Faculty, it must be remembered, gave you these "A's" and "B's", and it realizes that it is not chance and accident, but honest work that has earned this praise. No one is so proud and so glad as the Faculty who know you best and whose only hope is that in after-life, winning or losing, you may find friends by your side...