Word: feelings
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...idea of a bonfire as a part of the John Harvard anniversary celebration. With clear and concise logic he shows the folly of adapting a method of rejoicing over athletic victories to an occasion so sacred as the birth of our founder. We understand that some men may feel above such a childish display of animal spirits, but we scan the communication in vain to find an adequate alternative. True, the writer suggests that the Faculty should have planned academic ceremonies which would conform to the dignity of the anniversary, but this the Faculty refused to undertake. If they...
...upon the attitude which the class assumes toward it. It has been tried for two years, and we do not believe that it has met with phenomenal success. Since the present Senior class has declared itself in favor of continuing the custom, it must be because a large number feel that its possibilities have not been fully developed. If such is the case, the class of 1908 should enter very generally into the spirit of the thing, and give future classes good grounds either for adopting or rejecting class buttons by a decisive vote...
...more have ignored the request that they should see each man on their list personally. If every member of the Reception Committee will cease to regard his appointment as an added burden, and will see in it the chance to accomplish much good, by a slight personal sacrifice, we feel sure that the results will more than justify the effort...
...every large audience there is a class of people who feel bound to escape in the shortest possible time after the performance is over. As a rule these persons have more time at their disposal than the rest of the crowd, but they nevertheless rush for the exits, adding to their own discomfort as well as to that of their fellows. A timely illustration of this occurred after the Williams game Saturday, when a large number of brave individuals jumped over the parapet of the Stadium to the track below. They may have gained two minutes over their more orderly...
President Eliot said, in closing, that one of our greatest problems here is that millions feel that all churches and all religions have been used to justify and compensate for the social wrongs of this world. These people want their rights now, not later, and therefore belong to no church. On the other hand, we have certain advantages in this country which are possessed by few others; for example, the universal use of voluntary associations for religious and charitable purposes. Last of all we should aim for the unity of spirit which we are how seeking here, and the goal...