Word: say
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fifteen years now he has been recognized in well-informed circles, not so wide as they should be, as the foremost authority in the world on acoustics. If I do not say the only authority, it is merely because others have learned from him; for he made no secret of his discoveries, but gave them freely to architects and others with a generosity which has been sometimes ill requited...
Hitherto the continued maintenance of a course such as English A has been justified as a measure of social prevention, so to speak. Slightly altering the words of the founders of Harvard College, we may say that our academic forebears instituted this course, "dreading to leave an illiterate body of undergraduates to the college, when our present scholars shall lie in the dust." The purpose of English A, therefore, has heretofore been to insure among the undergraduates a fair knowledge and ability in the writing of English composition. In what conceivable way, then, is the value of this course...
...resumption of the pre-war system "with as few changes as possible." With the exception of the fact that certain unessential expenses, such as the southern trip for the baseball team and the prolonged stay at Red Top for the crew, might well be discouraged, it is safe to say that this is what the University wants...
...Training houses and training tables must go. They are the clearest evidence of a professional spirit. In proportion as they are emphasized the college athlete becomes less of the student. To say that he requires a special food, better food than his fellow student gets because he is an athlete leads to an absurdity. To take him out of his daily life as a student, house him separately, force him to go to bed every night at a definite hour, develops in him no qualities of self-discipline whatever. If he won't do this as an individual...
...situation of these young men will not be other than trying. They will inevitably feel somewhat "out of it", though most of them, it is safe to say, would give all they possess to stand with the military majority. As a class they will deserve every bit of recognition and encouragement which the College and its members can give them. In their hands will lie an important element of the future. It is for everybody to help them realize this fact, and to speed them on their difficult way. The Alumni Bulletin...