Word: goodier
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...religious historian Alban Goodier writes in his book Saints for Sinners: "To many of his contemporaries, he was thought a failure ... [but] probably there is no saint ... no hero in history who has more enthusiastic admirers than St. Francis Xavier." For whatever the vicissitudes and disappointments, Xavier never gave up. Father Olavo Vello Pereira, who helped organize this year's exposition, says: "To contemplate Xavier is to look at fire. That zeal and that enthusiasm, it's mesmerizing." In Japan, which he was one of the first Westerners ever to visit, Xavier's amiable manner and learned discourse is credited...
...think it's fine for the military to send one little e-mail encouraging people to consider serving," said Rich Goodier '01, a Navy ROTC midshipman. "Sometimes I get upset at people's anti-military views, which they often take out on everyone and everything associated with it. The military is a critical part of maintaining the stability of this country...
...child," he reminisces. "And then there also was the issue of scholarship-[the government] pays for tuition, books, fees, and so on." For others, the money factor was key in drawing them into ROTC and devoting years of their lives to the armed services. For Richard J. Goodier '01, the scholarship has given him the opportunity to go to Harvard. "ROTC was one of the very few ways I could've gone to college outside of the state schools," he remembers. But more than just a grueling requirement to make it through $120,000 of education, the daily exercises soon...
...such moves as a left face, right face or march column left. And as for artillery, the rifle pistol team also competes at MECs and campuses throughout the year. To score big in on the shooting range, midshipmen focus their energy on "trying to get each other," according to Goodier. But none of this extra sweat and studying counts for Harvard credit. As Goodier points out: "Everything is outside of Harvard, so it's like I've been taking five or six classes every semester...