Word: finding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...intercollegiate football, a copy of which letter appeared in a New York daily. The commendable spirit which Mr. Brewer shows in advising quiet acquiescence in the vote of the Faculty, on the ground that age is wise and youth is foolish, is a new and strange thing to find in an undergraduate. But tenderly as this budding humility should be fostered, the crisis that has suddenly come in the life of the sport of football makes it desirable that all the friends of the game, - among whom the undergraduates are the most compact and enthusiastic body, - should fight...
Beside requiring us to pay attention to our physical well-being, Christianity enjoins upon us a broad and deep intellectual culture. The old idea was that the true faith could only be preserved by the suppression of free thought, but we find Christ Himself reasoning with men and asking them their opinions. In these days, as always, every seeker after truth is following Christ's teaching. Our colleges and universities have been founded by Christian men for the advancement of Christianity, and built up with Christian toil and sacrifice...
...spiritual interpretation; yet of the students who neglected to hear him, few probably realized the chance they were throwing away. If this unfortunate heedlessness could be overcome and the large body of students brought to understand the real worth of the chapel services, no advocate of compulsory attendance could find fault with Harvard's principle of voluntary worship...
Captain Emmons has expressed himself strongly on the football question. The changes from present conditions by which he would seek to improve the game are many of them radical; yet the most radical is the one which should find most favor in the eyes of college men: "Let college matches be college matches, for college people, on college grounds." We do not believe that this suggests too extreme a restriction. The publicity which has hitherto attended all collegiate football, has been in part to blame for the abuses which have crept into the game, and wholly to blame...
Nevertheless, I venture to put in my word, in your columns, to Harvard men more especially, and urge all that can do so, to find their way hither in April 1896. It is no doubt an unfortunate time of year for a college man, and especially at Harvard, where I have no doubt that April is now as much the month of extra grinding for the Finals as it was in my days. But there are a number of men who are able to get away - at any rate, a few athletic men could doubtless obtain permission for a five...