Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Major Higginson extended to Prince Henry, as a holder of a Harvard degree and a Harvard man, the freedom of the Union. He welcomed the Prince as a representative of the Hohenzollerns, whose name in history has been illustrious in peace and war; as a brother of the emperor, "who is walking resolutely in the footsteps of his fathers;" as a grandson and son of the founders of the German Empire, and as admiral of the German navy. Major Higginson spoke of the debt America owes to Germany for her great figures in literature, for her great musicians...
...Harvard Religious Union. Truth and Freedom. Rev. Charles G. Ames. Phillips Brooks House...
...without needless formality, the difficulties met by instructors in English A, and the methods used to obviate them. In the introductory chapter, the nature and mechanics of the course are briefly described. Common faults and their treatment are then taken up, with well-chosen examples for reference. Here the freedom of the book from the usual wearisome repetition of rules and stock sentences is particularly noticeable...
...extracts from themes have not only an interest of originality, but they serve better than a concocted model to express the point at issue. This freedom, this off-hand manner, is the book's greatest charm, and one that will attract even the casual reader. As a guide for teachers no work could be more desirable; for it strives to suggest rather than to urge the system it describes. A wide use of this book in preparatory schools ought to result shortly in a much higher standard of writing among Freshmen in general and among those who anticipate English...
...access and to make every reader sign for his book, would be still more effectual. Or, of course, if the worst came to the worst, the Library could be closed. Altogether such measures would go far to destroy the present charm of the Library and the general spirit of freedom prevailing at the Union. These, however, are only the disagreeable consequences of allowing thieves access to the club...