Word: prudent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...early manhood, he has administered the affairs of this University for forty years with eminent skill and fidelity. Its vast development during his term of service has been mainly due to his rare wisdom, his strong convictions, his enterprise and his zeal. Prompt to initiate reforms and fearless yet prudent in pressing them, he has by his constructive energy transformed Harvard College into a university, and at the same time has exerted an influence on the educational forces of the nation which has largely shaped their policy, so that he stands today the leader in his age and generation...
...University teams was $8,990.19. Last year it was $5,013.58. Still, small as is the present contribution, it is much needed, and until there is some sign that we can curtail instead of continually increase our expenses, the policy of the Athletic Committee must be prudent rather than thoughtlessly liberal. Under the best of circumstances we shall still have to practice careful economy for years to come. ARCHIBALD CARY COOLIDGE...
...real estate and sometimes carry on business for a brief period while closing up an estate; but the proposition before us is that a self-perpetuating board of five trustees undertake to carry on a mercantile business, with the details of which none of them can be familiar. No prudent owner of a business fails to give directors to a business manager who has only a salary interest. When we consider the number of commercial failures made by business men who have the most active personal interest in success, this responsibility becomes very serious. It will be observed that while...