Word: light
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...light of modern psychology we must ascertain two things. First, what traits we wish to develop. Here the criterion should be social utility or service value. Second, we must test college subjects and college teaching methods to see whether they really produce these traits. Of one thing we may be sure in advance: the fact-cramming method is sure to defeat our aim. Not only are the facts we learn in college largely valueless and largely forgotten, but the fact-cramming. Swallow-and-disgorge, tell-me-what-I-told-you method guarantees the repression of independent thought. We cannot expect...
...rules governing the contest are simple. Both music and verses must be composed by Freshmen, without outside assistance, although both need not be done by one man; two competitors may collaborate if they wish. The song to be finally selected must be light and lively, and though no ragtime will be accepted, the music should not be too solemn. The winning song will remain the permanent class song and will also form an important part of the jubilee program...
Following the example of England and the other warring countries, the United States has adopted this policy in order to conserve fuel by taking advantage of the extra hour of daylight in the early morning which is wasted under ordinary conditions. An hour of light in the evening will also result from this change, thus giving more time for farming and other outdoor work before dark...
...present instance, firstly and least importantly, I have been put in a false light. Not the "Harvard Illustrated," but several daily newspapers have printed such a jumble of statement and misstatement that their readers will hardly avoid the conclusion that I, when about to withdraw from Harvard, have proceeded to "foul the nest". Such an Insinuation is not less than monstrous. I am about to leave Harvard entirely of my own motion, against the most cordial and friendly remonstrances of President Lowell and of my colleagues, and for reason many of which have no remotest connection with this or with...
...judge Charles William Eliot aright, you must put out of mind his titles, his honors, and his successes. These have been but happy accidents. They reflect credit on the community to which he belonged, and the times in which he lived; but they throw little light on his character. That he was elected President of Harvard College was surprising; that he made a success of his new work was more surprising. For he had not what was usually recognized as an academic mind. Like Wordsworth, he had "to create the taste by which he was appreciated...