Word: eliot
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual reception to new students in the University, given by the Faculty, was held in the Living Room of the Union last night. Dean Briggs was chairman, and the speakers were President Eliot, Professor Peabody, Professor Neilson, and N. Kelley...
...notable speech President Eliot spoke of freedom as the condition necessary to the progress of society, and pointed out its dangers and its opportunities in college life. A striking phenomenon of our day, he said, is the distrust of freedom that is manifesting itself in all walks of life. It is especially manifest in our educational institutions, for there is no moment when a young man is in a position of more freedom than when he leaves home and enters College. He can use or abuse that freedom, he can use it for good or bad purposes. It is there...
Professor Neilson, who spoke next, emphasized the value of whole-hearted work and concentrated effort in doing all work at College both in and out of the classroom. President Eliot illustrated the importance of such work by an incident from the life of Charles Darwin, who said that his education first began when he learned to work with concentrated attention and effort...
Addresses will be made by President Eliot and others. Members of the University are invited to attend...
November 18.--Rev. S. A. Eliot '84, D.D., of Boston...