Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...good man averages about $75 a month. The reason that men pursue such a hazardous calling for such small wages is due to the fact that the life is never dull, and after some years they become so fascinated with it, that they never retire until forced...
...with the valuable accumulations of our museums than the stranger who spends a day in "seeing" Harvard. We do not advise devoting an entire day to a cursory glance over everything. Undergraduates are fortunate in having more time for the purpose than strangers, and it is for that very reason that the opportunity is almost entirely neglected. In order to gain the most from one's College course the habit of exploring the vast resources of the University should be formed early. Otherwise, as experience shows, our important collections will still occupy a position similar to that of the North...
...first is an amusing comedy, the second is pathetic, the third a broad farce. The reason for the adoption of these three short plays, in the place of the usual long play, was an attempt to appeal to a wider public...
After Bishop Ingram's address President Eliot said a few words of acknowledgment for a book which the Bishop presented to Harvard University. It was a book written by Nathan Prince 1718, containing a sort of summary of his studies, which had for some unknown reason been found in the Bishop's library...
...execution, moreover, we have no reason to lie back upon our laurels. Songs which have to be read from printed slips, and which are practiced only at one or two mass meetings before the Yale game, are no more effective than could be expected under the circumstances. Again, if the suggestion is not too radical, we should like to see men leading the singing who have some qualifications for their positions. It is too much to expect that a large body of men can be led satisfactorily by even a brilliant hockey or baseball player, who has not himself solved...