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Word: manly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...created more than from any other cause a wholesome outlet for the surplus energy of the student; that it has completely solved that problem which has harassed faculties since American colleges began. In the second place we contend that this intercollegiate game develops individual efficiency--that it teaches a man to undertake great things and carry them through to success. Our third contention is perhaps the greatest of all. It is that intercollegiate football fosters and develops in a man a spirit of loyalty for an ideal, his college, which is one of the greatest forces in the upbuilding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON WON THE DEBATE | 12/16/1905 | See Source »

...first public performance of this year's Cercle Francais productions, Moliere's "L'Amour Medecin" and Tristan Bernard's "L'Anglais Tel Qu'on le Parle," was given last night in Brattle Hall. The classic play was very well executed and F. Dexter '08 as the "Old Man," G. A. Schneider, '08 as "Suivante," F. deR Storey 1G, as "Lover," and the four doctors, all deserve great credit. In the modern play F. deR. Storey 1G. made a good Frenchman, and as the Englishman F. M. Gunther '07 was particularly effective. The general good acting together with clever dancing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: French Plays Well Executed | 12/15/1905 | See Source »

...immortality of man then cannot be proved by scientific or other reasoning. The fundamental proposition has always been, "Man is Mortal." Man, to be sure, changes continually during his lifetime, and it is natural to believe that the mental and physical changes continue after death. There may then be an infinite continuity of change in mankind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INGERSOLL LECTURE | 12/13/1905 | See Source »

From an ethical standpoint, however, immortality seems necessary. Man's earthly career is full of experiences which should be adjusted and atoned for in a future life. But this, too, is but a hypothesis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INGERSOLL LECTURE | 12/13/1905 | See Source »

Artists often wonder, said Mrs. Fiske, if they are doing any good when they compare their art with practical human work which supplies a pressing need. The justification of the drama must be found in its power to soften the brutal instincts which lie hidden in every man. Acting today is becoming specialized, and the range of actors is growing smaller. The actors of the past generation were better in Shakespearian roles than modern actors: but today plays are perfectly mounted and the actors excel in showing the problems of every day life. In modern plays there is less outward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mrs. Fiske Spoke on "The Theatre" | 12/13/1905 | See Source »

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