Word: idea
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that the three-year rule is enforced in all our sports, it seems to me that every University team should have its prototype and training squad in the form of a Freshman team. The idea is well-known and recommended under the three-year system, and as the cross-country team has never had enough candidates, would it not be a good plan to have a Freshman team next autumn? Cornell has a very large squad of freshmen running every season, and the resulting championship teams from Ithaca would justify such a venture at Harvard. At almost all the larger...
Many obstacles are to be met before this idea of class unity can be accomplished. First, and most important, is to secure the necessary funds; then, whether to erect new buildings or to utilize old ones; what location to select; how to assign the rooms so that friction will be avoided and natural associations be formed. Time and patience will be required for the working out of these problems; but we believe that under President Lowell's direction their solution will be reached, and that the present College generation will see the working out of his theories...
James M. MacKaye '95, spoke on "The True criterion of Right" in the first of his series of five lectures on "Political Engineering" yesterday afternoon. He explained that in the field of industry and mechanics, our civilization is in keeping with our idea of the twentieth century, because scientific methods of Investigation have been applied. In the field of ethics, however, our civilization is distinctly mediaeval, inasmuch as our moral codes are based upon personal Intuition and not upon scientific research. Mr. MacKaye believes that if scientific principles are applied to our code of morals, it will be as easy...
...Game" is as good as any undergraduate verse one is likely to see in a long time, and the entire poem, though it does not keep up to this high level, is notable in its sincerity and vigor. Mr. Pulsifer's "The Riderless Horse" presents a striking idea with effective brevity, the difficult verse-form is fairly well handled, and the phrasing is at times admirable. The same writer's "Third Down," however, suffers from its close resemblance to four lines of Browning's "Meeting at Night...
...Garcelon made a strong and enthusiastic appeal to the class to take advantage of the opportunities that lie before it. He emphasized the necessity of keeping up in class-room work and thus keeping up in class-room work and thus keeping eligible for the teams. The idea of persistency, which is needed to develop a good football team, is also needed to make useful men. The spirit of Harvard, which alone will give a team the vigor and the support that will make it victorious, rests in the desire of each individual to do something that is worth while...