Word: presents
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...suggests that the undergraduates, by starting subscriptions, launch a movement that will soon get the support of the graduates. Both ideas are alike in that they demand prompt action on the matter. With this view we heartily agree, for the members of the University have put up with the present antiquated facilities long enough...
...athletics. In that period of the year when out-of-door exercise is at its lowest ebb, many men go without any form of physical activity rather than use the Hemenway Gymnasium,--a state of affairs which must be changed immediately. In the words of the donor of the present building, "the best thing for the College to do would be to construct an entirely new gymnasium to combine the finest features of the best college gymnasiums...
...system of the College Entrance Examination Board most of these difficulties would be done away with, and the educational standards of the University would not be lowered. These examinations are broad in scope and amply test the applicant's general knowledge, without requiring the peculiar courses necessary under our present method...
...present time there is a great diversity in the theories of government, each authority having his own views. Professor Lowell closes his book with a warning against thinking that causes which have had certain results under one condition will have the same results under a different condition. Other authorities warn us against treating government as a machine. Government is, however, not only a branch of knowledge, but a branch of action. Since ancient times advance in the theory of government has been made equal to the advance of science. By observing the practical operation of government in foreign countries...
...will speak at the banquet: Hon. William H. Taft; Hon. Elihu Root, former secretary of state; C. W. Needham, president of the club; Dr. Charles Francis Adams '56. In addition to these men Dr. Edward Everett Hale '39, and J. D. Greene '96, secretary to the Corporation, will be present...