Word: minds
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...athletic teams find no inducement to improve their physical condition. Thus a very large class take no regular exercise and it is by no means uncommon to find men, often students of gret promise, who leave college as much weakened in body as they are strengthened in mind." The committee expresses itself as strongly impressed with the great importance of encouraging all students to devote a reasonable amount of time and energy to the development of their bodies and general health, and favors a prescribed course of physical exercise during the Freshman year...
Herbert W. Fisher, the last Yale speaker, said that it must be borne in mind that foreign powers entertain two sentiments towards the United States-the one a healthy disinclination to get into trouble with us; the other a growing discontent with what they call our arrogance. Now, aunexation is perculiarly qualified to put us in a position of offend others, and also such a change as will diminish their fear of offending...
...best and most productive of his efforts were given to this University; and he contributed as much as any single man to the establishment of our Graduate School. He had a rare combination of qualities, both of mind and of temper, to make him a superior teacher of advanced pupils. For him classical learning was no mere accomplishment, a pleasing ornament for a man of letters, but an important branch of Anthropology, giving insight into the mental operations and intellectual and moral growth of ancient peoples. To him literature and monuments were records of life, and were to be interpreted...
...said, was teaching the world to recognize the necessity of the fact of difference, and as a result colleges had provisions for bringing out the best qualities of every man. He considered truth so large that there was bound to be difference in consideration of it; and to his mind the best way of advancing religious co-operation was to bring the truth into the sight and knowledge of as many men as possible. In closing, Dean Hodges urged common allegiance as the essential bond of unity...
...must contend against the inherent prestige of the upper class, and the greater experience of the Junior players. The 1901 eleven will therefore hardly do itself justice without the moral support of a friendly crowd back of it. The Freshman class will do well to bear in mind then that the place for them this afternoon is Soldiers Field. They are represented by a strong team and if they can supply their players with that useful measure of self-confidence, which comes from the feeling that the class is with them, they stand a very good chance of distinguishing themselves...