Word: life
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Tomorrow evening Mr. Copeland will give a brief address on "The Life and Work of Sheridan," and read from Sheridan's farce "The Critic" before the Philadelphia Teachers' Association...
Many Seniors who have conscientiously filled in the answers to the questions on the class lives are now at a loss to know just what is wanted on the blank pages at the end of the pamphlet. The instructions suggest a brief sketch of the life that may bring out points not covered in the questions. Many men declare that these are so general and so numerous that nothing else is left to the average undergraduate...
...resis with the present Junior class to decide whether the class--the fundamental basis of all our life here, socially, politically, and athletically--or the "university," as such, is to be supreme. In case all the rooms are not filled, we have every reason to expect that no class dormitory privileges will be granted in the future. If the Juniors care for an increase in class unity, the three buildings will be more than filled, making it necessary in the end to provide enough room for every member of future Senior classes...
...conditions of undergraduate life changes no less striking have taken place. Football was not in any sense an organized sport, and rowing was only followed for three or four weeks. The animal spirits were manifested in bonfires in the Yard, and in other pranks. This is now worked off in organized athletics, though there is no necessity for the "rough, violent, fierce sports commonly thought necessary to the development of martial qualities." The fact that over 1200 Harvard men served honorably in the Civil War, over 160 of them giving up their lives, is ample proof that the "martial spirit...
...LECTURE. "Some of the Nervous Disorders of Adult Life, with Especial Reference to 'Habits'." Dr. Edward W. Taylor. Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston...