Word: respectfully
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Most striking and significant is the intended absence of interference with the freedom of the Freshmen. It is hoped and confidently expected that "rules" will be unnecessary and that the matter of conduct may be left to the good sense and self-respect of the Freshmen. The Faculty is most sincere in its intention to encourage no "coddling" or "directing" of the occupants of these dormitories. Even if this were not the case, the experimental stage of the undertaking would not be the time to make "rules and regulations." Despite all rumors to the contrary, men will not "have...
...present method of choosing the English parts representing the College at Commencement has been changed by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. According to the new scheme, six men, promising in respect of both personality and intellectual interests, are to be selected by the Committee on Commencement Parts from candidates proposed by the several departments in the College, or otherwise. After due consideration of their respective merits, based to some degree upon roughly outlined parts, two shall finally be selected by the aforesaid committee as Commencement speakers...
...have been awarded that honor. They have won recognition in that for which a university stands. Now they must strive to maintain the standards set for them by Emerson, Holmes, Everett and the long line of earlier scholars of Harvard Phi Beta Kappa. The voice of respect with which these names are spoken indicates the honor in which the men are held...
...team is to make a good showing in the big games. The men show a tendency towards over-aggressiveness and fumbling which is apt to prove disastrous. Hammond and Brown will probably be the regular ends and a great deal is expected of them both in every respect save forward passing. The tackle positions will surely be held by Phillips and Ballin whereas the final choices for guards are very uncertain, Heyniger and Longstreth being the most promising. Trenkman has taken Semmons's place at centre since the latter went on probation, while the backfield remains about the same with...
...though in that respect the classes have contributed from different motives, yet in another their purposes have been one: they are all anxious to make Harvard as famous today for a new Gymnasium as she was years ago when Hemenway gave her such prestige over all the colleges of the country. It is true that, compared with the total amount necessary to build the gymnasium, the pledges of the undergraduates have been small, yet, compared with their resources, they have been remarkably large...