Word: respectfully
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Some years ago the present system of Faculty Advisers was devised with two objects in view. Primarily the function of the Faculty Adviser is to guide the student in his choice of electives. In this respect the system has been a success. But it was hoped that the Faculty Adviser would be more than a mere signer of study-cards; it was hoped that he would be a friend to his advisees...
...grows older and therefore less able to resume practice, he inevitably becomes more timorous and less independent, particularly as he cannot look forward to any pension when he fails to be re-elected. It is perfectly plain that in the long run an elective judiciary cannot command the popular respect which an appointive judiciary commands; and the fact that the great majority of American judges are elective accounts in good measure for the dissatisfaction of the public with American judicial procedure...
Secondly the readers of the newspapers have learned to read whatever they find there in respect to the colleges--and particularly the undergraduate--with a liberal dose of salt. To assume that the American people are so fatuous in their criticism of Harvard that they will not discount such clearly 'yellow' news at its true value is to commit an error as bad as that ascribed to the public...
...residence which is being built for President Lowell is now practically completed, and will be ready for permanent occupation on January 22. While there may be a few minor details of decoration left after that time, the work in this respect will not seriously interfere with the domestic arrangements...
...eighth annual concert of the Musical Club last evening maintained and in some respects even surpassed the standards established in previous years. A program at once well-balanced and varied showed amply the resources within the club. With performances of remarkably even merit it is perhaps invidious to attempt detailed criticism of the separate members. Especial mention may well be made of Mr. Moeldner's piano solos for their unusual technical finish, their repose and grasp of interpretive elements. Mr. Moeldner played excellently at the concert of last year; he nevertheless shows consistent advance in every respect particularly...