Word: farness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Every decade or so a class appears in College which is so far below its predecessors that it does not seem to belong to Harvard. It is perhaps too early to include the present Freshman class in this category, but its attitude toward the class team gives it a strong claim on this doubtful honor. All through the season there has been no apparent interest in the practice or games of the eleven, and last evening at the mass meeting less than one fourth of the class condescended to be present., Rumor has it that most of the class...
...attitude of the men who sing it, and when everyone starts whistling a well-known tune as soon as a new song has been tried, the latter may well be considered condemned. We have a variety of songs which have proved successful in past years, and it will be far better to confine our efforts to them, than to attempt, at the eleventh hour, songs which are failures in the Union, and which would certainly fall flat if tried in the Stadium. One song alone was acceptable, with the exception of those written to tunes which are college classics...
...opening, Dr. Henderson denied the assertion of many modern historians that the French Revolution is not an epoch-making event, and while acknowledging its retarding effects upon the progress of civilization, he emphasized the far-reaching result of such an important and hitherto unknown political experiment. The French Revolution in history is what the "Republic" of Plato is in the world of thought...
...then spoke of the unbounded popularity of Rousseau and of his writings, and the popularity, second only to that of Rousseau, of Benjamin Franklin, the idol of the French people. The misery of the lower classes, while undoubtedly great, has been grossly exaggerated by Carlyle and others; and far from being a cause was only a condition of the Revolution, which was in reality started by the rich people and thinkers of the nation, and then taken up by the peasants...
Since it is impossible for the Memorial Society to reach directly each individual graduate, class secretaries and the secretaries of Harvard clubs are asked to communicate these plans, so far as they are able, to other Harvard men, and to extend to them the Society's invitation to take part in the dinner. In this way it is expected that the week which will be spent in celebrating the anniversary of the birth of John Harvard can be made the occasion for a general reunion of all Harvard...