Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...say a word with regard to the verse appearing first in sequence in the October issue of the Harvard Monthly. Gleams of humor in it there undoubtedly are, but it is humor of a one-sided kind, which only persons of a certain class can enjoy, while others must not and cannot but regard it s insulting. Humor which depends for its power on injury to one class of men at Harvard, in order that the others may laugh, is not a help towards the broadness and religious toleration in which all Harvard men take pride. There are many Roman...
...fair to say that the more men a college draws from the great public schools of the country, the more democratic its constituency is likely to be, some interesting conclusions may be drawn from the relative percentage of public and private school men that enter the Freshman class at Harvard and at two of her sister colleges. Figures taken from the last report of the Dean of Yale shows that 28 1-2 per cent. of last year's freshman class there prepared at public schools; the official figures of this year's freshman class at Princeton published...
...your columns to enlighten your readers in regard to the Pierian Sodality Orchestra trials? Every year there are many men in the University posessing sufficient musical ability who through ignorance or modesty fail to become candidates for the University Orchestra. To these men I should like to say that positions in the Orchestra are open to players of ordinary as well as superior ability, and that orchestral experience is not a necessary qualification. The Pierian offers a rare opportunity to develop latent powers, to become acquainted with orchestral methods, and to play both pieces of a purely popular character...
...boys' clubs want athletes to speak to them; churches and Sunday schools want men to speak on travel, to tell stories, and to read selections. The chances of this sort offer a golden opportunity to College men to learn to stand squarely before an audience and say what they want to say. They are called upon to instruct and amuse, and are often forced to speak extemporaneously. The opportunity is great for a good work to be done in a short time by men up to whom the boys of the slums will look for ideals and advice...
...last remain unchanged. As expressed by Coach Haughton in his article explaining the work of the rules committee, "the underlying purpose of the new rules was to minimize the element of danger in the game." Although football casualties have not been unheard of since then, it is safe to say that at the end of last season public opinion considered that the committee had successfully fulfilled its purpose...