Word: felt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...death of Dean Wright of the Graduate School will be sorely felt in all branches of the University but particularly in the Classical Department, of which he was the head for many years. His researches and publications stamped him as an authority on classical philology, and his administrative ability was of immeasurable value in the development of the Graduate School. It is to such men as Dean Wright, men of great personal charm and profound learning, that Harvard owes the place which she now holds in this country and abroad...
...Garcelon L.'95 spoke on the work taken to develop the recent successful teams. Captain Burr worked all last summer planning and making arrangements for this fall. The spirit of success has been felt by everyone, and everyone should foster this spirit by taking some part in the outdoor work. The teams would be benefited thereby, for the general physique of the University would be improved. The Freshman team has shown what can be accomplished by serious and determined effort. It completely outplayed and defeated a team which outweighed it fifteen pounds per man. This year there have been three...
...moreover, shown a public spirit and a sense of duty in all matters confronting the life of the community in which he has lived and the life of the country at large which has made him the leading private citizen of the Republic. His counsel has been felt in affairs for a generation and always felt in the interest of right action and wholesome sentiment...
...Harvard team and as such worthy to be dined and entertained by any and all graduate clubs. No one of us, however, will feel quite satisfied, no matter what the circumstances, unless we defeat Yale; but give the team the credit and honor due them whether they have felt the sting of defeat or experienced the thrill of victory...
Another admirable thing about him was his cordial hospitality to students at his house, and his sympathy with them when they were in academic trouble. When you went to him, you felt that here was a man who might have done, when he was young, just such things as you had done (unless they were pretty bad), and that whether he had ever done them or not, you would meet in him a human being and not a bureaucrat. It was not that he could always save you or wished always to save you from academic penalties...