Word: idealize
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Wendell's influence will live; for he has made the Harvard ideal of English synonymous with the Wendell ideal, and able men trained in the Wendell school of thinking will carry on the work which he has so successfully begun. Cleveland Plain Dealer
...strong and self-confident opinions and positive expression, he was a kindly spirit, hospitable, generous, appreciative of others. His mental energy seemed limitless, his industry tireless, his optimism unquenchable. He exemplified his own ideal of productive scholarship, and carried to the grave with him plans for more books than most of us would think of achieving in a lifetime
...asking for gifts to satisfy their respective needs. Now Harvard has appointed a Harvard Endowment Fund Committee to raise ten million dollars. There is little question that both the College proper and the Graduate Schools are in need of additional income. At present the laboratory facilities are far from ideal for best instructing the large classes in physics and chemistry. Enough has been written already about the glaring deficiencies of the Hemenway Gymnasium. Although there are numerous new buildings that are needed at once, the scientific equipment for use in many of the graduate courses is not sufficiently modern...
...stands almost unique as an organization springing from the entire University. It was formed on a rising tide of national consciousness, and took its strength from the loyal and eager support of a thousand men. It is noteworthy as an inspiration, as a co-operative effort towards one common ideal, and as the active expression of the keen patriotism felt by the large body of Harvard undergraduates...
...beer and soggy biscuits were the breakfast food. The declining use of purchased literature perhaps means increasing dependence on the wonderful collection of books the University has made, and a general inclination to select the courses that are of a manual as well as mental nature, realizing the ideal of Dr. Eliot, who said that he would not rest content till most of the studies called on the student to use his hands as well as his head. --Philadelphia Public Ledger...