Word: directive
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ready to take part in undergraduate affairs in pursuance of the principles on which it was organized last spring. The personnel of the Council has been admirably chosen and the officers to whom a large part of the executive work is delegated by the constitution are well adapted to direct the activities...
Considering the fact that it was the Freshmen's first game, and that after only ten days of practice, the result is very encouraging. Fumbling was in evidence on both sides, and was the direct cause of Harvard's touchdown. The score came after three or four minutes of play in the first half. Groton was in possession of the ball on its own 30-yard line, when Paine intercepted a forward pass and fell on the ball on the 25-yard line. The Freshmen then went through Groton's line for good gains and scored a touchdown...
...undergraduate petition to the Faculty dated April 29, 1908, to bring before governing bodies of the University, and to co-operate with the Athletic Committee in eradicating the specific evils in the conduct of athletics. The attainment of this purpose is to be effected in part by direct jurisdiction over individual students, the method of so doing to be explained here-after, and in part by creating the general sentiment that it is a question of individual and college honor to maintain a strict attention to scholastic duties...
Competition, as the essential part of opportunity, is in direct opposition to the ideas of monopoly that have been dominating industrial and labor organizations. Harvard offers a competition in intellectual labor, beginning with the entrance examinations which distinguish Harvard almost alone among American institutions. From entrance examinations to graduation and then on in business life extends a series of competitions, for the world at large has not yet accepted the elimination of competition. Men come here to acquire the mental power, mental alertness, the perspicacity that is essential for success...
...certain restless elements in the Sophomore class, who can present not even a plea of ignorance, let it be said that the first Monday of College has ceased to be any different from any other Monday and that any attempts at disturbance of any kind are in direct opposition to the general sentiment of the great majority of undergraduates...