Word: home
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Today marks the 84th anniversary of President Eliot's birthday. In characteristic fashion he is celebrating the occasion at his home in Cambridge, engaged in the usual routine of his work. Almost half of President Eliot's life has been spent as president of the University, and his entire career has been closely connected with University affairs. He was born in Boston on March 20, 1834, and after acquiring his early education at the Boston Latin School, entered Harvard when 16 years of age, receiving his A.B. in 1853 and A.M. in 1857. Since then he has received the honorary...
...races with both Princeton and Yale the visiting crew will use the home crew's shell. In the latter case alterations in the rigging will be made to allow for the different systems of rowing taught at the University and at Yale and Princeton...
...been the custom in former triangular debates between Princeton, Yale and the University, the negative team of each university will debate at home, and the affirmative away. Princeton and the University will meet at Cambridge, Yale and the University at New Haven, and Yale and Princeton at Princeton. The university winning two debates is awarded the championship...
...through main traveled roads and the busy thoroughfares of cities, drives the heavy chariot of Mars, his sleek black horses caparisoned with shining armor. As he sounds his silver bugle, thousands of fair youths heed its call, and trudge bravely forth to do his bidding. From shop and home they come, from the canons of great cities, from the gray cloisters of the universities, all march behind the great van of the tyrant, all with high ideals and hearts undisturbed by the grim realities around them. For theirs is the task of cleansing the modern Augean stables, and with mighty...
...those who remain behind are striving to do their best, so as to take the place of the men who have gone before, when Mars has given them up as a pawn, in the great game. The men at home are dropping the philosophical volume, the poets' lore, for the slide rule and the law of the chemist, in answer to the call of stern necessity. The arts are neglected while the sciences come into their own. And for the moment perhaps, this is best while Mars' cloud lowers on the horizon...