Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Upton 5, Jones 4, Nelson 3, Hartridge 2, Herrick 1. Mr. Keyes has been coaching regularly. Last week the crew began to row a full stroke on the fixed seats for the first time. The motions on the machine are still made very slow and simple with the idea of getting the groundwork of the stroke as thoroughly as possible. At present they simply row a few strokes without bending the arms, then a few full ones, and occasionally simply go through the motions without the oars...
...done at Harvard. We hope, however, that the time has come when the Greek department will give another proof of its vigor. We understand that Professor J. W. White is in favor of the undertaking of another play, though perhaps not on such a grand scale as before. His idea is rather to have two short plays, a Latin comedy followed by one of Aristophanes. Yet it certainly seems as if a representation on as grand a scale as the previous one would amply repay the trouble taken, and would in more ways than one, prove beneficial to Harvard...
...more harm than good-that the whole thing is a huge failure. This comes from the injudicious habit of giving alms. Now the poor are not a class, they are a thousand classes; hitherto people have failed to recognize this and as a result have been deluded by the idea that the real work of charity was to give alms, to furnish work, or to improve the homes of the poor. The truth is that the almsgiver only reaches people who will beg, the employer only those who want work, and the furnisher of homes only those who want homes...
...probable that the new Yale gymnasium will be named "Richards' Gymnasium" in honor of Professor Richards, through whose untiring exertions the building was made a possibility. The idea meets with universal favor among-the students with when Professor Richards is very popular...
...increase in the number of students this year is very gratifying. The number at present registered and actively at work is one hundred and thirty-eight. Some idea of the rapid growth of the institution may be obtained when it is known that the first year, 1879-80, began with twenty-seven students. It was not until 1884-85 that there was a marked increase in the attendance. That year there were fifty-five students; the next year there were seventy-three; and since that time the growth has been steady...