Word: idea
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last part of the career of a class seems the most illogical of all times to attempt to widen a man's acquaintance artificially. At best, it only results in a bowing acquaintance with a score or so of men who you had no idea before were members of your class. This in itself is good, but it is not what the scheme purports to bring about. A class has become definitely sifted into groups by Senior year. A man's friends are made and he will inevitably move more or less completely in his own particular circle...
...musical opportunities afforded. Tonight the first of the Whiting Chamber recitals will be given in the Fogg Lecture Room. These concerts are "especially designed to encourage an intelligent appreciation of music among young men who have a normal sense of its beauty." In pursuance of this idea, Mr. Whiting, assisted by various musicians of note, visits Cambridge eight times yearly to give free concerts for the exclusive benefit of the officers and students of the University. The programs, designed to appeal to the average undergraduate, are not beyond his comprehension, and the instructive value of the course is greatly enhanced...
...very first thought which students in Fine Arts 4 heard Professor Norton express was "excellence"; for he used to preface his lectures with a quotation beginning "A nation once so excellent." And this idea of excellence, of which so few of the thousands of his hearers had any true conception before they listened to his talk, was the keynote of most that he had to say to them. The course professed to be about Greek art, and certainly nobody was better qualified to illuminate that subject; but it was wonderful to observe how he showed that such a seemingly dead...
...some years since this method was taken of presenting philanthropic work to undergraduates and it should aid materially this year. A wrong idea is not uncommonly held as to the function of the committee in charge. The committee's purpose is not to do the work itself--that would be easy and unprogressive--but to interest as many men as possible in the problem of helping along their less fortunate brothers and to develop an enthusiasm for these beneficial and organized movements which are working for the betterment of society...
...proposed for the present to confine membership to men who in the past have represented the University in one of the four major sports, and in accordance with this idea circulars have been sent to about 1000 graduate "H" men urging them to enroll. The club is to be supported to a great extent by their subscriptions, as the annual fee for graduates of more than three years' standing is $10, while that for graduates of more recent standing and undergraduates is $5. J. W. Hallowell '01 is acting as treasurer of the club, while the circular is issued...