Word: minds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...voting, two considerations should be kept in mind: first, what a candidate has done in his college career to merit the honor, and second, whether he is fitted to perform the duties of the position he seeks...
...true of nations. We Americans have passed our national infancy; it is no longer our chief biological function to feed and fatten and protect ourselves. We have reached the age of public responsibility; and unless we wish to invite national atrophy and decline, we must make up our mind to do a man's part in the hard work of the world. The chances that we shall be called upon to defend our national existence seem to me very small--though that is no reason for neglecting them. But we are called upon, and must be prepared...
...Untroubled Mind" (Houghton, Mifflin), by Herbert James Hall '95, is an "anti worry" book based on the writer's experience in treating nervous invalids...
...Lane '81, president of the Memorial Society, opened last night's meeting in Smith Halls by stating his belief that although we should all look ahead, yet it is sometimes good to turn back to "the day before yesterday." With this in mind, the Memorial Society was founded some 20 years ago to keep fresh the memory of our famous men and to cultivate the traditions of the University. "It was the Society that placed the bronze tablets on the walls of the most venerable buildings in the Yard; it was the Society that laid out that invaluable guide...
This critic has stimulating criticisms to make in regard to the danger of an "academic mind" among professors, and concerning the system of intercollegiate athletics. Most imperative, however, is the need pointed out for an awakening of intellectual enthusiasm. And this cannot be adequately done by our present lecture-ridden system...