Word: pleasanter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Dean Fenn, in beginning, said that what a man gets out of college is commensurate with the purpose with which he enters college. A man should acquire efficiency and habit from a college course. Efficiency brings pleasure with it, and a pleasant life is the most efficient. College is often said to be a place of preparation for life, but it might better be said that college is life under peculiarly favorable conditions. In closing, Dean Fenn referred to four types of students,--one whose ideals are too high to be agreeable to those with whom he associates; another...
...Phillips Brooks House reception to Freshmen is primarily a social gathering intended to bring new men into pleasant contact with members of their own and other classes. Secondarily it is planned with the idea of bringing before new-comers a comprehensive view of extra-academic interests. The men who will speak are thoroughly representative of the different phases of official and undergraduate life, and they will describe activities in which members of the entering class must sooner or later take part...
...dinner. This year the Juniors instituted a new scheme of having, instead of one of the class smokers, a Strawberry Night, which proved highly successful. The Junior Union Dance, the Faculty Reception and the reception to President Hadley of Yale after the award of distinctions in January were all pleasant affairs and well, attended. The Class Day spread has been continued and gives great promise of success this evening...
...take this opportunity of bringing the matter once more before the University. Men who purpose residing in the neighborhood of Cambridge or Boston should not fail to avail themselves of the scheme through mere oversight. Even if they do not patronize the Union regularly, they will find it a pleasant place to take their friends for a meal. They will also be doing their part to support an institution which is the monument of Harvard public spirit and Harvard democracy...
...revive a custom discontinued several years ago, members of the Glee Club will lead singing in the Yard on pleasant evenings between now and Class Day. The occasions will be entirely informal and no fixed dates or programs will be arranged. All members of the University and especially the Seniors are invited to join in the singing, which will consist of popular and college songs...