Word: reaps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...days instead of trying to get a sympathy with a few well-known authors, boasts that he is a pioneer and seeks to achieve an education by reading books by unknown authors. The desire to discover more in formation, to do "original work," has its reward, but it can reap no more than it sows. The old attitude which President Quincy assumed to be permanent did provoke much solid and healthy reading of literature that is intrinsically good, which many of us escape in these days of reference. It is worth while to look at Gore Hall and think about...
...account of the lack of these very qualities, than for any other reason,--men who are clever, who are earnest and energetic, who are capable and ambitious,--yet men who are afraid of forcing their own personality on those who are unacquainted with them. To urge these men to reap the benefit of a few courses in public speaking, might seem latitudinal,--were it not for the fact that these men seldom take such courses...
More important, however, is the attitude which those who move into the Yard next year will take toward life in Senior dormitories. If the class of 1912 decides to go into the Yard because it believes in widening acquaintances and deepening friendships, no doubt it will in its day reap the benefits which the present Senior class already enjoys...