Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...close of the War to 1878 he resided at Newport, R. I., but since then has lived in Cambridge. In 1880 and 1881 he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature and from 1881 until 1884 was a member of the State Board of Education. He was an earnest advocate of woman suffrage and was also a well-known man of letters. Among his most notable publications are "Harvard Memorial Biographies," published in 1866; "Young Folks' History of the United States," which has been translated into French, German, and Italian; "English History for American Readers," which he wrote together with...
Although students are expected to conform to the new distribution of courses, the Committee on the Choice of Electives stands ready to grant exceptions freely "in the case of earnest students who desire to change at a later time the plans made in their Freshman year" and to make "liberal allowances for earnest students who show that their courses are well distributed, even though they may not conform exactly to the rules laid down for distribution...
Perhaps more men fail to realize their aspirations during their college career on account of the lack of these very qualities, than for any other reason,--men who are clever, who are earnest and energetic, who are capable and ambitious,--yet men who are afraid of forcing their own personality on those who are unacquainted with them. To urge these men to reap the benefit of a few courses in public speaking, might seem latitudinal,--were it not for the fact that these men seldom take such courses...
...life of real work which for most of us will follow graduation. To obtain all the enjoyment possible out of College is laudable, but it is unfortunate that this desire should result in a self-centered and idle existence instead of one of broad, public-spirited good fellowship and earnest endeavor...
...Teachers' Association, which exercises a general supervision of the educational work. The conduct of each class is left largely to the initiative of the individual teacher. No previous experience is necessary; on the contrary, the Prospect Union offers an exceptional opportunity for the student, through the contact with the earnest workingman, to get a training that will be valuable in any profession...