Word: idealizing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...physical injuries, and assertions of mental and ethical harm. Harvard refuted with the testimony of old football players given in the two most authoritative investigations, and emphasized the importance of a clean outlet for surplus animal spirits, the executive ability to "do" things, and the striving toward an ideal...
...plan for founding an ideal farm, to be managed by Harvard men, has now been fully developed. A situation will be obtained if possible in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and a stock company will be established. Several New York business men have offered to back the undertaking financially. A meeting to arrange the plan more definitely, and to hear the reports of the committee appointed to investigate special branches of farming industry, will be held on Wednesday. The probable speakers will be Professor W. James, Professor T. N. Carver, and Mr. E. A. Morse...
...plan has recently been developed by men interested in farming for the founding of an ideal farm to be managed by members of the University. A corporation or stock company will probably be formed, the funds of which will be raised by subscription. If possible a large tract of land, situated on a river and within easy reach of a city, will be secured and divided into special lots, the head of each department superintending a particular field of industry. The land, however, will be held in common, and, when occasion demands, the work will be done in common. Such...
...think most of us will agree that we have felt the great shortcomings of Harvard social life in this respect, and while we have believed that it is impossible ever to arrive at any ideal state we have still been of the opinion that there are many inherent obstacles to the right sort of intercourse which are capable of eradication. I remember how we set going Freshmen receptions some years ago, and how we welcomed Mr. Higginson's gift of the Union as tending to remove these obstacles. These things like the special efforts now being made for frequent smokers...
...Thursday's light work all the crews had hard practice yesterday. The University crew rowed downstream in the afternoon one and a half miles at a stroke of about 26, raising it to 32 in the last mile which was rowed in about 5 minutes. Partly because of the ideal weather conditions the men showed great improvement over former work and seemed to be rounding into fine shape. The University four-oar was given a hard row in the morning and the afternoon. The Freshman eight rowed two miles downstream in 10 minutes and 23 seconds during the afternoon...