Word: forethought
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Once or twice in a College year an opportunity presents itself to hear men of great prominence and popularity, men whose forethought and ability have made them leaders in the affairs of nations. Last year we were especially fortunate in this respect-for fortune plays a large part in the securing of men with world-wide reputations. Tonight such an opportunity is at hand in the addresses by Mr. Choate and General Porter, who are to speak on the Hague Conference. Both speakers are authorities on their subject and should throw new light upon a topic far too little understood...
...choose our lines of work in future years? We like to be treated like men, and so we seldom stop to consider the flagrant abuses of this privilege that are perpetrated each year. In every class there are many men who are capable of electing their courses with forethought and an eye to a well-rounded education; but there are as many more who elect an irrelevant mass of studies, either because they do not honestly know what they want, or because they are easily influenced by rumors of "snaps," and, with their friends, follow the lines of least resistance...
...first performance of the year's German play, Gustave von Moser's "Der Veilchenfresser," was given in Brattle Hall last night. Except for one or two slight hitches the performance went off very smoothly and showed the effect of much careful training and forethought. The introduction of more elaborate costumes and staging than have been used heretofore added greatly to the tone of the play, and the acting, particularly that of W. E. Sachs '04 as "Reinhard von Feldt," was better than is usually seen in performances of this character. The pronunciation, with the exception of several slight Americanisms...