Word: careful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spirit it has shown in presenting a sun-dial to the University to be erected near the Freshman dormitories. The gift is made in recognition of the novel position of the class as the first to occupy the new dormitories; and it shows that the members appreciate the care and expenditure which has gone into giving them their exceptional opportunities for friendships and class solidarity...
...spirit of the gift which is important, and which should be noted by the present Freshmen. It should make them realize their duty not only to carry out President Lowell's request in taking good care of the dormitories, but also to use well,--in studies, college activities, and friendships,--the great opportunities which the dormitories give them...
...seem, the visitors have been made to feel that their hosts were really glad to see them and anxious to hear what they had to say. And there are few Harvard men who would not feel a real thrill of pride could they realize how deeply the French care for the good opinion and sympathy of this University--how strongly they desire "that Harvard at least should know the truth of this war," as they often expressed it. President Eliot's views concerning it have been widely read in France, and have created a profound impression there; whatever the rest...
...Beta Kappa is not a secret organization: it rewards scholarship in the entire College. And it is in the belief that it discharges that function in ways essentially satisfactory that this suggestion for crystallizing those methods is offered. Care should be taken that future members appreciate the fact that it is scholarship alone, freed from all personal considerations, upon which they are to base their elections...
This situation could and should be remedied. Short weekly tests on reading, such as are given in elementary courses, could be devised to insure that the reading is actually done. They should be detailed, in order to require that it be done with some care: theses and examinations give ample opportunity to discover the student's grasp of the larger phases. Such tests are given with success in some courses,--even in some of those "primarily for graduates";--they need occupy no more than ten minutes of the lecture hour. And, if more generally adopted, they would add substance...