Word: problems
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...pure atmosphere in college life that would otherwise be lacking. We contend that as a consequence of the presence of this institution there is created more than from any other cause a wholesome outlet for the surplus energy of the student; that it has completely solved that problem which has harassed faculties since American colleges began. In the second place we contend that this intercollegiate game develops individual efficiency--that it teaches a man to undertake great things and carry them through to success. Our third contention is perhaps the greatest of all. It is that intercollegiate football fosters...
...return to the first point. In the days when our grandfathers were undergraduates it was a well-night insolvable problem in the administration of our colleges how to provide a wholesome outlet for the surplus energy of the vigorous young student. In Europe today the student whiles away his idle hours in drinking and duelling bouts, while even in England riots between town and gown are frequent occurrences. The overflow of student vigor in America has formerly taken the form of such college pranks as ragging of signs, gate lifting, and hazing. Those disorders have now practically disappeared from American...
December 17--Professor A. B. Hart on "The Negro Problem...
...Holmes, J. S. Rogers. At the 11 o'clock meeting in Christ Church, Rev. Endicott Peabody, D.D., headmaster of Groton School, John R. Mott, general secretary of the World's Student Christian Federation, and Rev. J. C. Roper, D.D., professor in the General Theological Seminary, spoke on the missionary problem in its relation to the boarding school, the university, and the theological seminary. In the afternoon session at Phillips Brooks House, Rev. H. St. G. Tucker, president of St. Paul's College, Tokio, and Miss Hayashi of Japan gave two very interesting talks on Japan, Miss Hayashi's address being...
...clock in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House, an important business session, including an address by Robert H. Gardiner '76, president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew; at 11 o'clock in Christ Church, Rev. Endicott Peabody, D.D., headmaster of Groton School, will speak on "The Missionary Problem in its Relation to the Boarding School," John R. Mott will speak on the same subject in its relation to the college and university, and Rev. J. C. Roper, D.D., professor in the General Theological Seminary, on its relation to the theological seminary; at 3.30 o'clock in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House...