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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...show that the present distributions of scholarships is bad is not of much use, unless some better way can be proposed. It seems to us that it would be, not an ideal system, but certainly an improvement over the present system, if scholarships were distributed as follows: Let men show that they need money, and how much money they need; let a standard rank be fixed, - for example, no mark to be less than B; let then the scholarships be distributed to all men who attain this rank and need money, in proportion to their needs...
Professor Carpenter preached at Vesper Service in the Chapel yesterday afternoon from the text "Let us set aside the sin that doth so easily beset us and run with patience the race that is set before us," taken from Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews. He said: When Paul wrote that, he had before him a vision of the great games, and he speaks at first enthusiastically for there was no one who would not do his best to win or get a high place in the Olympic games. As Paul turns aside to the race of life there comes...
...player is known to be brutal, he should never be allowed on the field. If a man is or becomes unfit physically, he should be kept out of it. But once and for all, let us not give the youths of the day the impression that the only sports to be indulged in are those which do not call for courage. To the timid, a vigorous, well-fought football game is an unpleasant spectacle, and they shudder to think of the possibilities. * * * A man of courage knows too well the dangers of the game, but he also knows how much...
Since, then, the Faculty does assume that we are men, and gentlemen, and treats us as such, let us show that their confidence is not misplaced...
...therefore wish to appeal through your columns to the undergraduates now to do their utmost to check the growing tendency to such disgraceful exhibitions in public places. A spirit of true manliness must grow from the students themselves. Let us be above any necessity for police interference on such occasions. Let the name of Harvard University grow to be not only the synonym of high education; let it also be another name for that true manliness which means honor, courtesy and respect for the feelings of others. I remain...