Word: good
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...introduction and in order to expose to full public view the news peg on which every newspaper story is supposed to hand, let it be declared that Harvard is doing itself and higher education in general a distinctly good turn in allowing any department to require general final examinations as a prerequisite for graduation. Incidentally, it is also doing the students a good turn, although it is not inconceivable that there might be some difficulty in getting the students to admit it. Boston Transcript
Bigelow pitched a good game for the University, with the exception of the first inning when two hits, a base on balls, and a wild pitch netted the visitors their only...
...main need of the University is for financial backing. A Corporation composed of men of sound business judgment can do more good than a Corporation composed of intellectuals, who though admirable judges of scholars, cannot offer them a sufficient salary to induce them to devote their energies to Harvard...
Nobody will deny the good intentions of the ladies of Cambridge in their endeavors to help the undergraduates, but the result of their efforts has been detrimental to the University. No college man wants to be "Mothered", still less does he hanker after fudge and a place where his buttons may be sewn on. Civilian life with all its freedom is quite a different thing from the restrictions of military or naval life. The well-intentioned ladies have misinterpreted the needs and requirements of the students...
...whole episode is scarcely worth mentioning except for the influence of such editorials as that of the Times. We thank the ladies for their good intent and trust that they may find another field for the expression of their goodwill; but a "candy-Kitchen" never will prove a success at Harvard...