Word: manly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...College. He sees some men in College who try to be popular and influential, some who lead quiet and retired lives; he knows that men of both kinds succeed and fail in after life. But whether in solitude or society, there is one good rule for the man of intellectual life to follow: "Never think of yourself." After entering college a man no longer belongs to himself, he is joined to this ancient and serviceable University, and belongs to the living and dead of its company. He cannot live to himself-and when the time comes, he cannot...
...University debating club will elect officers and discuss plans for the present College year at a meeting to be held in Hollis 2, Tuesday afternoon at 3.30. Each man who has been a member of a first or second University debating team or president of a class club is entitled to vote at this meeting...
...University for two years in Semitic and Egyptian languages. Five years ago he was appointed to a position in the National Museum in Cairo, Egypt, for two years. He then accepted the directorship of the Hearst Egyptian expedition of which he is now in charge. Although still a young man, Dr. Reisner is one of the most distinguished archaeologists of the present time and his lecture should be one of great interest...
...first fall baseball practice was held yesterday on Soldiers Field. Four of the eight squads, into which the men have been divided, played two five-inning games. Many changes were made in the positions, so that every man played at least part of the time. The purpose of the fall work is to give the captain a chance to discover promising new material, and to allow inexperienced men to develop their playing under good coaching...
There are three ways in which a man, in his special advanced work, may still keep in mind the general cause of culture and remain loyal to his true ideals: first, he should cultivate and preserve a sound literary ideal; second, he should become acquainted with the lives and ideals of the scholars who have done great work in his particular branch of study; and third, he should become conscious of the methods of work in his special field of research...