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Dates: during 1910-1919
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President Lowell, in addressing 150 members of the Freshman class at the special service in Appleton Chapel last night discussed the problem of the relation of religion to the life that is worth while. The problems of life grow more serious as life goes on, and it is hard to tell what life is worth while nowadays. "Religion," President Lowell said, "means that which explains why life is worth living and what it is worth living for; and the man who has a philosophy which answers that question, whether his ideas agree with ours or not, has a true religion...
...That the University will grow and grow greatly," he said, "we cannot doubt. The are of great building is probably at an end, but we need a chemical laboratory, and we look forward to the time fifty years hence when the University will house practically all its students. We trust that the students body will become representative of the nation even more than it is now, and we hope that Harvard will have not only the admiration, but the affection of her sister universities. At my inauguration President Hadley referred to me as the President of our greatest University, which...
...past dozen years the number of undergraduates has remained practically stationary. To be sure, there is nothing alarming or even serious in this fact alone; for mere numbers should never be an end of higher education. Of great importance, however, is the failure of the College to grow in its western representation. One of Harvard's ideals is to be a national university; and this means that it must draw its students, as President Eliot has pointed out, from all classes of society and all sections of the country. This means a national atmosphere in the College itself, as well...
What is the reason for this failure to grow nationally? Professor Munro in the current Graduates' Magazine explains the greater increase in size of western universities on the ground that, because western states are growing more rapidly it is only natural that their own colleges should reap the benefit. Obviously this, while it has explanatory value, cannot reconcile the College to the danger of becoming a local institution. The activities of the Harvard Clubs throughout the country and of the now defunct Territorial Clubs show that Harvard men are not content with explaining the phenomenon. It is the opinion...
...inclined to consider the opportunities of a scholar's career at this time. The history of the war, for example, will probably be best written in America, where partiality may be avoided. Undoubtedly the ideas which may solve the problem of militarism will arise in pacific America. Pupils often grow up to instruct their elders. May not the United States become in many things teacher of the world...