Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Gentlemen, I have not come here to be pleasant and agreeable, but to point out where the Harvard spirit is lacking and how it can be changed so that each may do his duty in a way and spirit different from the past...
There is certainly an attitude of individualism, of selfishness in the Harvard spirit; this is a good thing to a certain point, but far better it is to sink one's own personality for a common object. We are all one huddle of sticks and if one breaks we all break; the surest way for one to raise himself is to raise and honor the college. It is not the man who only tries to benefit himself, but he who now fights best for Harvard, who makes Harvard his ideal, that will later make his country his ideal. Sometimes...
...certainly successful beyond the utmost hopes of the class. The committee showed excellent judment in all their arrangements and everything passed off without a hitch. The speeches were remarkably fine and aroused the greatet possible enthusiasm among the audience, which reached the unprecedented number of 250. Perhaps the only point to be regretted is that a considerable number of men left the hall after the regular speeches had been given thinking that the dinner was at an end, while those who remained heard a number of extemporaneous speeches...
...coasts of the world, lake shores, rivers and valleys, are represented by photographs, many of which have been taken from the point of view of the scientific geographer and geologist as well as from the point of view of the artist. A number of other views representing landscapes and many other points of scientific interest, as well as of scenic interest on account of the character of the photographs, are included in the exhibit...
Some one of the above named gentlemen will be present at all times during the exhibition to point out views of special interest and to answer inquiries...