Word: life
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...cast about for a means of livelihood, not having the necessary data upon which to base a comparative judgment, are likely to take up the line of work which comes nearest to hand. Comparatively few men on the whole make up their minds definitely in regard to their life work until well along in their college course and it is well that they have presented to them an outline of the different occupations by men of distinction in all the branches...
President Eliot in the final speech of the evening, told of the privileges enjoyed by the President of Harvard. He has received with much pleasure during the last two months numberless testimonials of his work and helpfulness, and whatever may happen he is content with the experiences of his life, its attain- ments, its opportunities. The greatest privilege, however, comes in the opportunities of association with other men, especially with the undergraduates and their parents. There has been a change in Harvard's position in the last twenty years, and now no foreigner of note comes to America without visiting...
...will not. What is the remedy? Make sure that the man appointed is not already burdened with more than he can carry. Strive to bring out more men in each class available for offices by a wider selection of committees and the like in the early part of the life of the class and have more respect for the man himself...
...College life will be saner when we distribute our labors carefully and thus strive to strike a more perfect balance between the two ultras, automatic officers and automatic loafers...
...Kendall Watkins, who has made a careful study of the history of Boston, will speak on "Poe's Birth and his Parentage." "The Untrustworthy Memorialists of Poe" will be the subject of a speech by Mr. W. Lanier Washington, and Mr. William Fearing Gill, author of a Life of Poe, will tell of "Curious Coincidences, and Personal Reminiscences of Near Friends of Poe." The meeting will be open to the public and all men interested in the writings of Poe are especially invited to attend...