Word: life
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...will be a help to the University to have you come back to us with this loving testimony to the permanent influence of a true, pure, unassuming and manly life...
...great weakness of Harvard Athletics, a weakness which extends through every department of sport, and indeed through the whole of the less serious side of the University life, is an utter lack of permanent organization. The policy of the Faculty and the other University officials is to leave the regulation of athletics and of social questions so far as possible to the undergraduates themselves. The Athletic Committee's function is not to guide and develop, but to restrain. Its work is in a sense purely negative. In many respects this policy of non-interference is wise...
...future rank of Harvard as a seat of learning. At this juncture Mr. Winsor took charge of the Library with the settled purpose of making it a help and a spur to instructors and to students in their daily work, and a source of vital influence in University life. The extension of the Library in 1876 and the accession of some important funds strengthened his hands at the outset. His rules of administration, his plans for the remodeling of Gore Hall in 1895, and those for a great future extension, were all studied in the light of his own experience...
...both at home and abroad; and every resource of stored knowledge, of personal experience and of influence as a member of the republic of letters, was placed at the command of those who sought his help. Students found him a willing adviser, ready to impart the results of a life of investigation. Instructors were stimulated by his devotion to his own studies, aided by his impartial friendship for every department of learning, and encouraged by his hearty acceptance of every proposition for the improvement and better use of the collections under his charge. For twenty of the most important years...
Yesterday afternoon, at the first practice since the vacation, several new men came out, increasing the total number of candidates to over twenty. The work, which lasted about an hour and a half, was full of life and as good as could be expected so early in the year. The men were divided into two teams and a scrub game was played, every candidate being given a chance to play at some time during the practice. The squad will not be reduced for several days...