Word: generously
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...rebuilding of the Gray Herbarium, which has been in progress for about five years, will soon be completed. But one section of the old building, the large central portion, remains in its original form. Through generous gifts from several patrons, funds are now available for the reconstruction of this section. The work on the Herbarium has consisted of remodeling and considerably enlarging the previous structure along the lines of modern fire-proof construction. Dr. Asa Gray bequeathed his valuable collection of botanical specimens on the condition that it be kept in a building free from danger of fire...
...duty of children to make glad the declining years of their parents, so should it be the pleasure of Freshmen to make possible a day of Senior picnicing at Peddock's Isle. So surely as the day will come when he shall beg for pennies, so surely let every generous, grateful Freshman come to the stands behind Memorial this noon with loose change and checkbooks in his pockets. But though, the amount of subsidiary coinage may well be large, the need of "plain clothes" men is small as the tossing down of his contributions should be the pride of every...
...serious attitude which Harvard men take in regard to the present condition of opera in Boston and the question of its steady growth or gradual decline. It is an open secret that the establishment of this art here in our midst has not, in certain respects, fulfilled the generous aims of the founders, many of whom are Harvard graduates. Until the Boston Opera can win for itself by reasonable prices and well-balanced renditions of standard works, the clientele which is the support of the Symphony Orchestra, it is not a real factor in the life of the city...
...Musical Review has uniformly escaped with fewer shafts sticking to its ribs than the others--but that is mainly because its reviewers have been too generous to strike an infant. Generally its reviews have been inconsequential because of the tendency of its critics to assume a fatherly attitude, and try to teach it to lisp. If any one desires to know an illustration, he may read H. K. Moderwell's review of a recent number...
...likely to be men like himself, and his circle of friendship is rarely large. Most students do not begin to have a speaking acquaintance with many of their own class until the very end of Senior year when they realize dimly for the first time how much of warm, generous fellowship has been missed from their college life...