Word: life
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...early history of the Sodality; while the twenty-fifth anniversary of the production of the first Harvard operetta, "Dido and Aeneas," played by the Pudding in 1882, draws from Mr. Owen Wister, the Musical Manager, an entertaining account of the occasion. Mr. Lindsay Swift '77 writes on the life of his classmate, Professor Edward Henry Strobel, late Adviser to the King of Siam. A sketch of the career of Bancroft Davis recalls the distinguished services of an older Harvard diplomat, especially in connection with the Geneva arbitration. Professor Lanman, and Professor Laing, of Chicago, pay tribute to the character...
...absolutely no hope. The college man, he remarked, can see about as far into a stone wall as any man there is, but he must not be in such a hurry to get rich that he forgets his duties as an honest citizen. He recognizes the serious things in life, however, and in his hands lies the future of our Commonwealth; you are almost always sure, also, that he is going to play the game square because he is in it. The great thing about being honest is that even though unsuccessful in securing office, one can not regret...
Professor Bury is the author of a "History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene," a "Student's History of the Roman Empire from Augusts to Marcus Aurelius," a "History of Greece to the death of Alexander the Great," "The Life of St. Patrick and his Place in History," and also of numberous articles in various periodicals. He is also the editor of "The Nemean and Isthmian Odes of Pindar," of "Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," "Freeman's History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy," "Freshman's Historical Geography of Europe...
...formed a few years ago, consists of the civic and political clubs of about thirty of the leading, colleges and universities of the country, and its object is to form a bond between men in the various colleges who are interested in raising the standard of public and political life and further interest other men in the work. Delegates are expected from the Universities of Colorado, North Dakota, Louisiana, and the University of Chicago, beside all the large eastern colleges. The convention will be presided over by 11. M. Gilmore '08, the president of the League, and papers will...
...home in regard to the intellectual and moral ideals of boys and girls. Parents should begin the training of their children early, and be more strict in refusing their children pleasures that will interfere with their school-work. There should be some real home interest in the life of the community and a real endeavor to interest the child in the best literature by reading aloud. The table conversation should not be on the malfeasances of the cook, the fluctuations of the stock market, or the doings of the neighbors, but on matters of larger interest, such as literature, morals...