Word: mean
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...pass these final tests creditably. A few men, too selfish to sacrifice a part of their leisure time for the good of the majority, can spoil the appearance of the Regiment, and undo the efforts of their comrades in ranks. A little sacrifice of pleasure now may mean the future, as well as the immediate, success of the Harvard Regiment...
...before undergraduate attention, I should like to say that I feel there has been much misunderstanding both on the part of the undergraduates in general and on the part of Captain Morgan and those supporting the supremacy of the captain. The absolute control of the coach does not necessarily mean either the subordination of the captain or a lessening of his influence, nor does it mean the institution of a system of coaching whereby the head coach is to rule, as a despot, roughshod over rowing traditions or over undergraduate ideas. To those who expect or await the establishment...
...sure, one is obliged to ask himself in reading the review of Mr. Masefield's "Good Friday and Other Poems," whether usage has sanctioned as English idiom the illogical phrase, "centre about"? One must also ask himself what the reviewer of Mr. Conrad's "Within the Tides" means in speaking of the author's "usual superlative style." Apparently the reviewer does not mean, as one might at first think, that Mr. Conrad usually writes in superlatives. Nor is statement of fact always correct. The first article, which makes a plea for a better and more accurate acquaintance with what...
Thoughtful seriousness pervades the current issue of The Harvard Monthly. The editors mean very well, although commendation of this sort may seem to such earnest young men wholly frivolous; yet the earnestness of their expression testifies to the activity of their minds, and the fruit of their labors deserves a blessing...
...compulsory membership in the Union held this week brought out several interesting arguments. One of the most important points considered was how, by compulsory membership, the smaller clubs and publications, which at present have no permanent location, could make their headquarters at the Union did everyone belong. This would mean a much more unified system of smaller activities and would, at the same time, give them a greater degree of accessibility...