Word: presented
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...them may carry the work of a whole generation to no advance. The opportunity of a university lies in the training of these men. If the university insists upon interesting itself primarily with the culture of the past, a culture which was as new in its day as the present culture which the university ignores is today, then men will ignore the colleges since there is no apparent connection between them and every day life. In so doing they will miss as well the study of history and literature which is the foundation of our present order...
Besides the opportunity on ship board, there is even a greater field open to the young man, who, through the Merchant Marine, is chosen to represent an American commercial house in a foreign port. With the present rapid expansion of foreign trade, and this country's growing program for shipping to be managed under the flag, there is a sharp demand for experienced men to fill managerial positions, and the Shipping Board is prepared to train such men on its squadron of commercial cruisers. For this, a knowledge of Spanish would be of great value, as the need in South...
...meeting of the Christian Association in the Phillips Brooks House Parlor tomorrow morning at 9.30, J. W. Farquhar, head of the Literary Department of the Indian Council of the Y. M. C. A., will speak on the subject, "Opportunities for Service in the Near and Far East." At present Mr. Farquhar is collaborating with Indian scholars in works on Indian religions...
...years have elapsed since President Eliot, after forty years of active leadership of Harvard University, became President Emeritus. The third college generation since his retirement is nearing its completion; hence, it is natural that the undergraduate of the present day should fail to appreciate the full significance of the changes which President Eliot wrought in the University...
Thus all members of the University, both past and present, owe President Eliot a profound debt of gratitude for his clear understanding of their educational needs. And even though he may not be personally known to all of them, they wish him the greatest happiness on his eighty-fifth birthday...