Word: goodness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...inspiring drama and opera at established municipal theatres rather than allowing certain managers to produce anything they wish to, as we see in Boston today. The opening of the school-houses on week days and Sundays for the purposes of ethical instruction would make a dynamic force for moral good equal to the combined influence of all the churches...
...miles being covered in 9 minutes, 12 seconds. The record for the course is 9 minutes, 19 seconds; but as the crews on Saturday started a block nearer the finish than the full course requires, the time cannot be taken for a new record. All three crews rowed a good race; in fact there was very little difference in form between the second and third boats, but the second had greater power and endurance, and was able to pull into the lead just before the judges' boat was reached...
...every city, south, west and even east of here, where Harvard men congregate,--and it is hard to find one where they do not,--a Harvard club has been organized to promote good fellowship and unity of Harvard interests. There is scarcely an issue of the Bulletin that does not relate the doings of some University organization with headquarters many miles from Cambridge. And yet here in Boston, where Harvard graduates are congregated, there is less unity among the alumni than in any city in the land...
...team which must practice out in Brookline at uncertain hours, or rely upon the caprice of certain owners for the use of dormitory tanks, and must meet teams accustomed to regular practice in well-appointed tanks, obviously at a great disadvantage. The apparatus of the Gymnasium is in general good, but in many cases antiquated, such as the rowing machines. The sanitation of the building is imperfect, danger of disease being increased by the impossibility of sufficient ventilation and the present uncleanliness of lockers and corridors...
...much greater therefore are our present needs than in 1878, when Mr. Hemenway contributed so liberally in the good cause. Aside from statistical proofs, the consistently poor records of our basketball, fencing, swimming and gymnastic teams alone show that there is something at fault. All point to our overcrowded, ill-ventilated, unsanitary Gymnasium; and the managers of these teams personally confirm the contention...