Word: idea
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...courses open to them as upperclassmen, and it is for that reason that advisors are appointed to assist them in planning their schedules. They should remember, however, that the adviser is intended primarily to help them decide, not to decide for them. A Freshman should have a reasonably clear idea of what he wishes to do, and if he is in doubt about a course which is not within the adviser's department, he should go to one of the men connected with it. By following such a plan, he will learn to realize the true value of the elective...
...spoken are President Roosevelt, President Eliot, Secretary Shaw, Hon. Thomas P. O'Connor, M.P., Hon. John D. Long, Major Henry Lee Higginson, Hon. William J. Bryan, Dr. W. T. Grenfell, Mr. Booker T. Washington, Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith, and Mr. Jacob A. Riis. These names in themselves convey some idea of the variety of subjects discussed...
...very free. Its length, some fifty pages of the book, enables the author to cover the field,--the Yard, Harvard bridge, the Stadium, the river, Marliave's, Class Day--all the haunts and activities of the normal undergraduate. A few lines of quotation will give an idea of its tone...
...understand that the idea of a memorial to Dean Shaler in the Union has met with opposition from the authorities of the Union. The chief ground of objection seems to be that a precedent would be started which would in time turn the Union into a species of mausoleum, and would detract from the home-like aspect of its interior. We feel that such fears are groundless. Dean Shaler's position in the University was so unique, that there will be few men whose claim for a memorial in the Union can be based upon the precedent...
...University a remedy for the subdivision of interests which splits students up into groups on-grossed in their own pursuits and neither knowing nor caring about those of their fellows, and for the small rivalries of cliques and clubs. This spirit will be fostered by the prevalence of the idea "that Harvard is a little nation striving against other nations, and that, as such, she requires the support of all her citizens"--which a cynic might perhaps call the Ishmaelite conception of a University. To a more friendly judgment it indicates how completely the idea of intercollegiate competitions possesses...