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...knowledge. The engineer must not only be a scientific man, but also a business man. His place is not in the study and laboratory but out in the world. His duty is not alone to apply the forces of nature but to do so economically; not only to build, but also to decide whether a work should be constructed or not. It is all important that the engineer be a good judge of men, be of high character, and of good deportment. He must have a general education in addition to his specific training...
...institutions of learning share with the American people the task of developing good citizens and it is our duty to build up these institutions till their influence becomes paramount...
...students. We are all working for Harvard, and not only for the Harvard of the present but for the Harvard of the future. I feel this very seriously indeed. If I have taught you anything in this course, I have taught you that the institutions which men build up continue to bear influence long after the men who build them have passed away. We here are building up one of the greatest of institutions, and we must live here and work here in such a way that our descendants--our grandsons and great grandsons--will be better...
...tract of land, which he wished to be named Soldiers Field in honor of those who had died for the Union during the Civil War. It was to be a place where all Harvard men could enjoy outdoor sports. In the autumn of 1899 he gave $150,000 to build a clubhouse which should "bear no name forever except that of our University." Plans for the building were drawn up by McKim, Mead and White, of New York, and it was immediately built. Major Higginson has held the office of president of the Union since its dedication. He is also...
...want bright, clean-cut young men of good size and build and citizens of the United States, and can offer them much instruction in Navy matters and a cruise for one week in the summer on board one of the United States war vessels. We require attendance at drills one night a week during ten months in the year where instruction is given during the winter in infantry and artillery, knotting, splicing, etc., while during the summer, rifle and revolver practice, seamanship, gunnery and boat drill under sail and oar, are taken...