Word: lasting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...This last step taken in the attitude of the University toward the Boston riots is a fitting corollary to the part played by graduates and undergraduates in the troubled times last week. The great courage shown by Harvard volunteer policemen in facing the mob of hoodlums has given the University and college men in general a position of trust in the minds of law-abiding citizens. The latter will realize more and more that in education and in the spirit of the atmosphere created at Harvard and other colleges lies the hope of a safe passage at this stormy period...
...week, although Heffelfinger is likely to be used in most of the games. Acosta, the former freshman guard, who was used at end two or three days, but the coaches now favor him for a trial at tackle. Neville, LaRoche, Callahan and Galt were regular members of Yale's last intercollegiate eleven in 1916. The other players have had only class or informal eleven experience. Among others on the second team are Scully and Shevlin at ends, Kempton at quarterback, and French at fullback...
...result of his ability on the diamond during the season of 1919, R. W. Emmons '20 has been awarded the Dana Wingate Cup, upon which his name will be inscribed. This cup, which was presented last year in memory of D. J. P. Wingate '14, for two years captain of the University nine, will be awarded each year to the "best all round player" of the previous season...
...Committee which was appointed in 1916. This seemed large at the time and was based upon the needs of the institution at the time for increased equipment and higher remuneration for the teaching staff. America entered the war, however, within a short time and the plans were dropped until last spring. When the Committee began work again, the first step was a full study of the University. This investigation was made by members of the Committee and graduates during the Old Grads' Summer School in July. Every department of the University was carefully studied in connection with the economic...
...kept unpledged to meet emergencies which arise requiring special work, or to obtain exceptional teachers. Harvard is more seriously handicapped than people generally realize, a state of affairs which is strikingly illustrated in the fact that of the income from the invested funds of the University in the last fiscal year, amounting to $1,664,153.34, only about eleven per cent., or $178,772.86, was unrestricted. The balance was tied up by the donors to specific objects and could not be expended to meet general needs...