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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Supplmentary to vision is the requisite of valor or moral courage. The world is filled with men gifted with a divine power of vision, but who lack the valor that is necessary to put what they have seen to some use. What would Theodore Roosevelt have been worth without the moral stimulus which prompted his determination to "make the world over"? There are hosts of men who have failed to achieve all that they might have because they lacked this very necessary attribute of true greatness. The vision to see, and the valor to be,--this twofold quality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVES OF GREAT MEN | 1/8/1919 | See Source »

...time he entered public life there was a sector of Harvard, partly among men of his own time, who disapproved of the radicalism which was bone of his bone; who were alarmed at the electric shock which he administered to the body politic, who shook their heads at the lack of respect for tradition and vested privileges, forgetting that the other Harvard Presidents, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Rutherford B. Hayes, all had the same spirited desire to help make the world over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GREATEST HARVARD MAN | 1/7/1919 | See Source »

These former students are now coming back to complete their education, but they will not tolerate the lack of vision with which so many of our colleges endeavor to crowd all their students into one little field for their recreation. They will still want intercollegiate competition, but they will also demand that the student spectators shall likewise be athletes. I think that some of the changes they will demand may be included in the following...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT SPECTATORS WILL BE ATHLETES SAYS MoCLELLAN | 1/2/1919 | See Source »

...featherweight, who was sterling pilot and ran back kicks in whirlwind fashion. B. A Hunneman '22, former Noble & Greenough player, gained ground consistently in line-plunging and showed-flashes of excellent kicking. Gehrke and R. Hoffman '19, also were dependable ground gainers, and the latter made up for his lack of weight b; needy dodging. P. Coburn '2 and S Coldstein also played five football for the eleven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL MAKES FINAL BOW | 12/6/1918 | See Source »

...addition to the higher duty to country,--each man owes a duty to himself,--it is to develop the best that is in him. To do this he must continue his education. Lack of finances will seem an insurmountable obstacle to many. To them is answered. "Where there is a will, there is a way." The University stands ready and willing to aid men who give promise of being worthy of assistance; and few will fail to obtain their degrees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOLDIERSI STAY IN COLLEGE | 12/6/1918 | See Source »

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