Word: kinds
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...shall consider first the article which appeared in the last Graduates' Magazine, under the heading of "A New Kind of Disloyalty." I must protest emphatically against the spirit in which that was written. The writer, under cover of the name of a department, directs a savage attack against persons about whom he evidently knows nothing, except possibly by hearsay, and about whom he never will know anything until he leaves the window-seat which he is supposed to occupy, and comes down to the ground of common-sense. In the first place, by no means all of the Boston papers...
...communities in which you live. You will get a knowledge of the thought and life of the masses of the people; you will get interior views of economic and social problems which will be of very real use in civic and political as well as philanthropic work; in that kind of political work which the disinterested citizens of this country must more generally undertake or the country will drift into dangers which may lead to wreck. Among the things you will discover is the tremendous force of disinterested service; and the irresistible power of aroused public opinion for the accomplishment...
...dual games. Although these competitions are of benefit in arrousing interest in shot putting, those who do poorly in them at first have no reason for discouragement. After all, as past experience shows, only steady, careful practice brings any decided improvement in the game, and with this kind of practice new men have been known to add as much as seven or eight feet to their records in a single season...
...first of the editorials, "From a Graduate's Window," deals with what it rightly calls a new kind of disloyalty. It is a scathing and richly deserved arraignment of the disreputable element which exists in the midst of the general body of Harvard newspaper correspondents...
...same day. Moreover, the race is of unusual importance this year, which makes the disappointment the greater. The general opinion is that some remedy ought to be attempted. The only possible way is to change Class Day, set it one day earlier. Will the Class Day Committee be kind enough to explain the obstacles to such a proposed change, besides the objection of breaking away from the traditional day? If tradition is the only obstacle it seems that the demands of this year are sufficient to overcome...