Word: deane
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Following Major Higginson's speech, Dean Briggs was introduced. He avoided all discussion of the war itself, and confined his speech to the expediency of leaving important college work for a task to which duty and necessity have not yet made the call. Declaring that the courage and readiness of Harvard men in times of emergency has not, is not, and never will be doubted, he showed how they were ready in '61, and ready in '98, and said that if necessary they would be ready in 1914. Experience has shown that an entire regiment of Harvard...
After thus showing that Harvard has an undoubted, strong patriotism and a real sense of her duty to the country, Dean Briggs turned to the question of real moment to the University at present, and asked of the undergraduates, "What is your job now?" Men must first realize their actual duty, where they are needed most, and then act accordingly. He warned against hasty action, and advised sane consideration of the issues of the problem such as the actual need of volunteers and the advisability of taking untrained men for the tasks of soldiery from their work which will result...
...talk on the "Choice of Studies in College" given to the Freshman class last night, Dean Gay of the Business School stated that the all important thing in achieving an education was not so much what courses were chosen but how those courses were studied. Approximately 50 per cent. of all Harvard graduates go into business but comparatively few of these enter the Business School. Many consider courses in Economics essential to the making of a business man, but generally the most efficient men are versed in the classics and other studies. Vocational training is all very well...
President Lowell emphasized the points brought out by Dean Gay and Professor Parker. "Knowledge you get in college," he said, "is a very small part of what you will use in after life. "Knowledge will disappear sometime but wisdom will remain. Therefore, in choosing courses greater care should be given to the effect they will have on the quality of the mind rather than to the special training which they will afford...
...George Hodges, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Dean of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, will conduct morning prayers in Appleton Chapel at 8.45 o'clock this morning and every morning this week...