Word: notion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...many men come to Harvard with the prep-school' notion of success," said Professor Bliss Perry, of the English Department. "The successes you may attain here, which may give you prominence aren't important. The decisions you make within yourselves are the turning points of your lives." Professor Perry spoke of the chance of service offered by the Phillips Brooks House as one of the most valuable and important of college activities. Speaking of the social side of college life, Professor Perry said, "Too many of you get your pleasure without earning it. Don't take your enjoy-men here...
Contrary to the general notion, fewer than half of the 9,000 already enlisted are college men. Business and professional men from every walk of life are enrolled. Northern New England has furnished 2,000, 1,600 of whom come from Greater Boston. The first camp will start in less than two weeks. Enrollments from New England colleges to May 15 follow: Stdts. Alumni. Total. Harvard, 364 687 874 Yale, 103 394 497 Williams, 61 98 159 M. I. T., 19 130 149 Dartmouth, 23 79 102 Amherst, 15 77 92 Brown, 19 48 67 Worcester Polytech...
...been a source of satisfaction to us here, if the writer is not mistaken, that the most sacred of the old Harvard songs, revered alike for its antiquity and its associations, is sung and played only upon most solemn occasions or at moments of deepest feeling. We have a notion that by maintaining our hymn aloof from freer and coarser use, we render it cleaner and pleasanter as a remainder of the more inspiring aspects of University life...
...first examinations under the new tutorial system in the Department of History, Government and Economics come soon after the recess. There is still too prevalent among undergraduates the false notion that if they pass their sixteen courses with the correct proportion of C's and D's, their degreees will not be denied them. Yet the failure to pass the special examination is as serious as failure to pass the required number of courses...
...This notion is now proved erroneous. Snobbishness did for, years prevent the highest efficiency in athletics. Harvard had students of the highest order in all of the branches, but team work was defective. It was an orchestra of virtuosi, none quite willing to sacrifice personality to discipline. When it did yield to discipline it smeared--shall we say Yale...