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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...good will, they have framed a constitution which provides that no student shall be eligible for the society unless he is previously recommended by a committee of judges, who are not to be members of the society. Their trial of this plan will be made tonight, and as they mean only good, they deserve the warm support of every student. To have only a few debaters for this trial would be not merely humiliating and discouraging to the movers, but would prove conclusively that good debating is not very greatly desired. The judges for tonight are members of the faculty...
Suppose now that we take east and west as half way between north and south, then the equator passes through the two former points. In speaking of the east and west one may mean of the sky or earth, which is inaccurate. So in connection with the stars we should speak of the east as the "preceding" direction and the west as the "following...
...shall not refuse to play colleges because they differ with us in our views of the proper restrictions which should be placed upon athletes. We have taken our stand, and, following it, are willing to meet any team and run our chances for victory or defeat. We do not mean to imply that we shall refuse obstinately all compromise. If Yale can point out clearly serious faults in our plan, and if a reasonable concession will promote the interests of athletics, it is safe to say that Harvard will show a fair spirit and act in a sportsmanlike manner...
...religious work has a place as long as it is the channel and not the substitute for real religious feeling. Let us not make the common mistake of thinking there is any virtue in suffering, pain or sacrifice for their own sake. The laws of nature when kept mean everywhere joy and happiness; broken laws bring pain and suffering...
...connection, more or less vital' between an increase in luxury and a decline in manly strength. What is the reason? If men take the beauty and comfort that are about them an use them to develope themselves, to increase their taste and their refinement, certainly this will not mean a poorer grade of men. However men fail to recognize that they have any responsibility as to the luxury that is theirs, if they take it simply to enjoy it, then it must of coursed diminish the necessity of energy on their part. The less calls for action a man responds...