Word: sad
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...football game between Harvard and West Point, which was played on Saturday afternoon at West Point, was brought suddenly to an end in the middle of the second half, when the score was 9 to 0 in favor of Harvard, on account of the sad injury to acting-captain Byrne of the Army team. Cadet Eugene A. Byrne was playing left tackle, he had been bearing the brunt of the Harvard attack, and the strain had begun to tell on him. On the fatal play, a line plunge just outside left guard, the Harvard back, aided by two or three...
...President. President Hyde of Bowdoin has an excellent review of Mr. Eliot's recent volume on "University Administration." Mr. W.R. Thayer writes on "Comparisons: 1869-1909," showing in concrete form a few of the great changes under President Eliot's administration. His list of the buildings added is a sad one; by no stretch of the imagination can many of these be called beautiful. He demonstrates clearly that Harvard is the poor man's college and so the democratic college. This is a point that should more often be emphasized. These and other articles give a picture of the debt...
...best conditions under which the President must work is the constantly recurring opportunity of moral advancement in judging conduct and sentiment with justice. There is also a vast opportunity for developing the gentler characteristics. In a community of the size of Harvard there is always something sad or piteous taking place, which the President can do much in relieving. The Presidency of Harvard is a happy and privileged position in which to work, and its incumbent cannot help growing and broadening in the exercise of his duties. Harvard is now a highly organized and comprehensive organization, preparing...
There is a far too prevalent idea among the undergraduates that the Union can be used by non-members as well as members. This shows either deplorable thoughtlessness or a sad lack of principle. In a smaller club, where all the members know each other would a non-member attempt to usurp the privileges of the club? Is the use of the Union by non-members defensible simply because you may not be caught? It is a contemptible disregard of very necessary rules, and should be discountenanced by everyone who has the welfare of the University at heart simply because...
...sad was Yale's dismay (rest...