Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...verse, too, thinks hard. Even "The Fawn" forgets to be a child in reason, and prettily woos his "nymph" (who, by the way, as an oak-dweller ought to have been a "dryad") with pantheistic appeal. The rude Scythian shepherd of Marlowe, brooding upon the unattainable, has grown "very weary" of his life,' and meditates upon the theme of vanity with the unction of a Stephen Phillips. And his rough soldiers as they march, sing with Shellevan opulence of fancy...
...Living Room of the Union from four until half-past five this afternoon. While the reception is primarily an undergraduate affair all graduates and members of the Faculty are invited. It is the wish of President Eliot to have it as simple and informal as possible, and for that reason no speeches have been arranged. At five o'clock, however, certain important announcements will be made. Tea will be served in the dining room...
First and foremost, that Class Day exercises can have no significance of association or setting away from the Yard and Memorial Hall. Without such significance exercises of the nature of the State exercises have no reason to be, for much the same reason that the Mardi Gras, for instance, could not be reproduced for exhibition purposes at St. Louis, without losing in impressiveness. A little reflection will make clear to everyone the relation of the Yard to Class Day. Imagine a Harvard Class Day at Berkeley Oval...
...would keep them from attending the Statue exercises, and thereby detract from the success of our Class Day. A number of members of the Corporation and the Faculty and some older graduates have expressed the opinion that on account of the possibility of fire, if for no other reason, the continuance of the Statue exercises would be "highly inadvisable...
...reason why a young man goes to a university is because life and strength are transmitted from one individual to another. We get strength from a personality, and therefore want to come into contact with great men. That is why, also, in selecting a list of elective courses a man looks first to see whether the instructor is one who has a strong personality, then at the list of text books to be used...