Word: failings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is little need here of a disquisition on the merits of physical exercise in general and the sport of rowing in particular. Most men know them; those who do not, should learn. If they fail to answer the call, they are either neglectful or do not understand. The opportunity, if you are new, to be trained in rowing by experienced coaches; if you are an old devotee, to be improved; the opportunity under the supervision of these coaches to work up to the University squad is one which occurs in the fall of the year as at no other...
...draw men into a meeting that is going to force on all who attend some of the best help that Harvard can give them. What with speeches by the major sport captains, practice in singing the football songs, and a general mingling among classmates and upperclassmen, no man could fail to spend a profitable and enjoyable evening. There seems to be a sort of intangible spirit of enthusiasm breaking out in the College this fall,--the crowd at the football game Saturday showed it,--and tonight every man in 1917 should feel it his duty to get into the swing...
...manhood all at once. Remember that the Master you all follow, who gave his life to social service, led in his early years, an almost unrecorded life." Settlement work has great value as a laboratory course, complementary to academic theory, and if it is modestly and moderately pursued cannot fail to make the undergraduate "a better student and a larger...
...should remember that all your pleasure and success here depend on your standing at the College Office. In about six weeks you will be put to the test of hour examinations. If you pass them satisfactorily, you can go on with whatever activities you may choose; if you fail, you have broken training in every branch of College interests which may attract you. You are then absolutely debarred from competition and have broken a mental training as disgracefully as you could break an athletic training...
Foxcroft Hall will close after dinner this evening, not reopening until next fail. The closure of Foxcroft marks the end of the season for the University dining halls, Memorial having closed last Tuesday...