Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...need of supervision and organization. A spontaneous game played by a dozen or so unskillful enthusiasts with informally chosen sides would be no less beneficial and enjoyable than the highly organized game of skilled players. We feel sure that men would avail themselves of this opportunity, we know that they ought to. Accordingly this year as last we urge this innovation, for it seems an obvious chance for spreading the benefits of open air activity among the College as a whole...
Lord Stonbury, who is the centre of an artificial social group, is just about to commit suicide partly from financial losses and partly from what appears to be chronic ennui when the Faun appears. Led by a desire to know what men are like, the Faun has come to England from a convenient Mediterranean country, and agrees to give Lord Stonbury tips on the horse-races provided that the Lord will introduce him into society. The first act closes on the rather humorous attempts of the Faun to adopt the dress and manners of conventional society...
...gratifying to know that the latest messages from Kandy, Ceylon, report President Eliot's condition as favorable and announce that a steady improvement is to be expected. The CRIMSON has already commented on the importance of his trip in the interest of world's peace: the trip itself now sinks into insignificance in comparison with the greater present work of recuperation in which other than Harvard men are taking an eager interest. We hope that President Eliot may soon be able not only to make speeches on the other side of the world, but to return to Cambridge to continue...
...achievements of all such men, whose lives are heritages for all time. The Christian of Christ's life-time was a very human person, not remarkable for idealism or mysticism, but possessing, like Christ's disciples, all of man's natural weaknesses. What Christ made of them we all know, and in the same way can our lives be transformed through faith...
Although an increase in numbers is a healthy sign, it can not be an absolute criterion of a university's success. But side by side with this increase we know that the new optional examination system is a force at work making Harvard more and more representative of the entire country...