Word: reached
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Toward this end we believe the University is following the proper course. Trips by professors and speeches at western Harvard clubs bring loyalty to the hearts of graduates and increase our academic reputation; but in no way can the younger generations be reached, except by an actual invasion by the undergraduates themselves. Their testimony on the breadth of opportunity involved in four years of life at Harvard will be heard by the younger generations, who, after all, are the ones we need most to reach...
...simplest, narrowest field of political activity is discussion with your neighbor. The widest field at present, with the possible exception of work in a few high offices difficult to reach, is offered by newspaper writing or management. If the college graduate realizes that he has thus far only 'learned to study'; if he combines a desire to learn with a capacity for receiving strong impressions and a real sympathy with the people; if he is willing to wait a long while, and perhaps indefinitely, for wealth, I should advise him to seek political and other useful activity in newspaper work...
...enter these events do not reach their limit in a month or two; it requires years of practice. This includes outdoor work in the fall and spring, and winter work in the Gymnasium. In order to excel in the jumps, pole-vault, shot, and hammer, a man should do light work during the whole College term, so that when he comes out in the spring, he will not have to start all over again but will feel perfectly at home in his event. The advantage in working at the present time is that it gives the coach an opportunity...
...selection of the team last night was a matter of much difficulty to the judges, who discussed the relative merits of the speakers for an hour before they were able to reach a conclusion. The choice of the team rested upon the power of analysis and a thorough acquaintance with all the phases of the subject under consideration, and it is an interesting fact that all of the men chosen spoke on both sides of the question at the various trials. The awarding of the Coolidge Prize was also difficult, particularly as the competitors were unusually deserving...
President Eliot will leave Boston for Chicago this morning at 10.30 o'clock. He will reach Chicago tomorrow and will attend a business meeting in regard to the Carnegie Foundation. In the evening he will be present at a dinner given by the National Society for Promotion of Industrial Education, and will speak on "Industrial Education." On Friday President Eliot will start for Madison, Wisconsin, and as a guest of President Van Hise, will attend the convocation of the University of Wisconsin. He will return to Boston on Sunday...