Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...average college man has little idea of the extensiveness and efficiency of the work which is constantly being carried on about him. To such an one the President's report comes as a revelation of the magnitude and seriousness of the university life, of which we, as undergraduates, see but a very small part. It is certainly a pleasure to note the strides which Harvard is taking in many of the educational reforms of the day and to realize the scale on which original scientific research is being conducted. They show the growth of the university, in contrast to that...
...batteries have already begun light work in the cage, and immediately after the Junior Promenade all candidates will go into training. There has been some talk of having a second nine, but the idea has been given up. However the men will be put into two divisions, one practising in the morning; the other in the afternoon. The number of candidates will be reduced as rapidly as possible so that the men who are ultimately to compose the team may do better work...
...THURSDAY.Lecture. What is a General Idea? Prof. Josiah Royce. Upper Dane...
...build more castles in the air than there is room for on the earth, and from these we must learn to select those deals which are worthy and beautiful. The selection must be made with great care; for no one will, after a mature deliberation, choose an unworthy idea. It is the lack of thought, the lack of careful planning, which leaves one without any high conceptions and makes ones life a failure...
...play against a man who was not a graduate, but who perhaps had been induced to enter a university for a short season in order to take part in some sport in which he was proficient. The tendency to confound the use of the term professional with the idea of skilful through long years of practice has led many to think of a graduate player as a professional player. The man whom we wish to keep out of college athletics is not the skillful man, but the man who barters his skill for pecuniary gain, whether in the shape...