Word: phases
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...body of students do not seem to appreciate the advantages which college offers us, and especially such a college as Harvard. Neither the grind nor the butterfly, nor the man approaching these two extremes, derives that benefit from college life which lies within his grasp. There is hardly any phase of life in which we may not to some extent exercise ourselves while in college. Studies, reading, athletics and society, all should claim some part of a man's life here. And we ought not to pursue certain branches under these general headings to the neglect of others. We should...
...writings of a Lucy Larcom or a Carlyle. Poetry is one means open to us for the expression of our better thoughts. The verse in which we speak takes on a new significance, expresses a deeper power, as we grow older and better. Harvard poetry is a phase of Harvard thought, and the poets are the leaders of that thought. The variations of our poetry mark the transitions of our minds. If much is superficial, there yet remains a grain of sincerity, and in that grain is often found the germ of valuable work in after college life...
...member of the college while exercising the greatest care as to the class of students with which he purposes to associate, ought to remember that his society life is simply accessory to his regular college life, and that it should be made such. Societies are admirable as one phase of college life, but they should be restricted to that phase...
...purpose, and such secular instruction as would best fit them for their battles with the mercantile world. These two essentially different views on the matter of religion in its relation to education seem to mark the two great tendencies in modern times. Many people would introduce religion into every phase of life; while many others would treat it as having no openly recognized connections with anything else. While we do not declare ourselves such extremists as those of the latter class, yet at least we do say that we do not believe in strictly religious teaching in the schools...
...smattering of knowledge which men acquire by studying one or two courses in the theory of political economy will avail nothing. What is needed at this college is a course in the theory and history of co-operation. For it is co-operation which is the most striking phase in the social agitation Let us hope that a course of this nature will be offered as an elective for the next college year...