Word: ideals
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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What we do need most of all is a clear and definite conception of human character; a revelation of ideal life which shall have the stamp of authority. We want the manhood that will bear the test of the universe and that shall make uslive to make our fellow men wiser and better. We must find somewhere and somehow an infinite companionship...
...This ideal of manhood which the world needs we find in Jesus. He has the character and the divine authority; above all, he gives no divine companionship. For this we have his own words: "And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." When men have this gospel they need care little for greater power than God already grants...
...Intercollegiate football is injurious to the colleges. - (a) Harmful to the students. (See II and III). - (b) Affects the proper flow of pupils to the college. - (x) Many choose a college for its athletic record rather than for its real advantages. - (c) Gives preparatory pupils a false ideal of the purpose of a college, thus encouraging the development of athletic instead of intellectual ability. - (d) Represents colleges to the community as places of leisure and training schools for athletes, instead of centres of learning...
...general over the methods of instruction, and could prevent abuse of privilege by holding in reserve the right of examination. By these means there would be a chance of securing a sound education for boys, and so of leaving the College somewhat more free in the exercise of its ideal functions...
...times: Is there a God whom we should worship and obey? Does death end all? Is there another world all about us and of which we are a part? Jesus gives us a solution in his ministry, of an open heaven, of the Father's witness, and of the ideal of true manhood. No man can compare with him in his relations...