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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that even the best logical course is not classed by any one among the three-most favored of his whole curriculum. The real triumph of the course lies in the fact that such a difficult course can attract a hundred and thirty-eight men. The fact that a few find out that logic is monotonous to them is absolutely insignificant. The elementary courses of Professor Palmer and Professor Santayana are also not favored by any one. This result is still more grotesque, since both men figure at the top of the list with the middle group courses. Professor Palmer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 6/9/1909 | See Source »

...greeting President Maclaurin in behalf of the University, spoke first of the great population of Boston and its vicinity, and of the small natural resources of New England as compared with some other parts of the country. "And yet," he said, "I believe it would be hard to find any other spot in the whole world where the comfort and the standard of living are so high. Our success has been due to the intellectual and moral education of our people. It is with reason, therefore, that we can speak of education as our most important industry. The achievements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TECHNOLOGY INAUGURATION | 6/8/1909 | See Source »

...good team in the field events for next year, it will be necessary to start in at once. Coach Quinn will be at the field each afternoon from 2.30 until 5 to give men a good start for the summer's work. Men who are inexperienced will find this a good chance to get some individual coaching. The importance of this work for members of this year's Freshman and University squads is evident, for a good foundation for summer work is invaluable...

Author: By C. C. Little ., | Title: Coach Quinn at Field Every Day | 6/7/1909 | See Source »

...know how great a change this will be in my life here. When a man has been in one work for forty years with one ideal, it is a great change to find he can no longer work officially for that ideal. It does not, however, change his love, and I expect to have many opportunities to testify to this love. I hope you don't think the change in administration means that the ideals of the University will change. Its ideals will remain the same and I hope your love will also remain. It is a great thing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVATION TO PRESIDENT ELIOT | 5/20/1909 | See Source »

...spite of these theories the Modernists remain in the Roman Catholic Church because in it they find collectivism as opposed to Protestant individualism. What the Modernists desire is world-wide unity of purpose and effort for a common cause. The genius of catholicism is union and co-operation, and this is why it holds even the most extreme Modernists

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annual Dudleian Lecture Delivered | 5/14/1909 | See Source »

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