Word: objections
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...whose armor is his honest thought, and simple truth his highest skill." This kind of truth, however, is not the special virtue of the student or of the scholar, and has no more connection with the University than with life elsewhere. Yet thought rather than action is our object here, and so "truth" may be our peculiar motto. The man in public life, for instance, is obliged to overlook minor agreements of opinion in order to put his general theory in practice. For effective public action, compromise with fellow workers is necessary, but the conditions in public life, making compromise...
...There would be no necessary conflict between the established strength test and the proposed scheme. The former is concerned chiefly with the general capability of a man for his work, as shown by his heart's action, muscular development and strength. It involves only a single examination, and its object is largely anthropometric. The proposed examination, on the contrary, would be directed rather to ascertaining the normal condition of the man, and then to noting the changes taking place in his organization under the stress of training. The two points of view are radically different, yet they might be combined...
...first of the University Teas will be held in Phillips Brooks House this afternoon from 4 until 6 o'clock, and all members of the University are invited to be present. The object of these teas is to bring the students into touch with each other and with the teachers and their families. At each tea some members of the committee in charge will always be present, and also a number of the teachers and their families...
...Camera Club has decided to have during the year two prize contests open to members. At the first contest, held on December 3, the photographs exhibited will be of the buildings and surroundings of the University. The object of this contest, which is to be held annually, is to obtain a record of the yearly growth of the University and to add to the collection of pictures used by Mr. Lane in his lectures on this subject. A copy of each prize picture will be retained by the club for the decoration of the club rooms. The prizes for both...
About a month later, on January 19, the committee made it known that the primary object of raising the fund was to have a portrait of Major Higginson painted by Sargent, and expressed the hope that the amount raised would be sufficient for the portrait and also for a large Harvard shield to be set into the panelling above the Harvard fire-place. The canvassing of dormitories was begun and circulars were sent out to non-resident members, but it was found difficult to raise a sufficient sum for the entire enterprise...