Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dean Hurlbut's words are so much to the point that we take pleasure in quoting them at length. He says: 'Each year the ill-arranged Christmas recess brings a chorus of protests from students and parents, ever increasing as the number of students from more distant parts of the country grows, and imposing upon the administrative officers of the College a heavy burden from which they escape battered, worn, and fatigued by endless arguments (to which they must not yield) only when the last hour of class-room work has come. These protests, and the subject itself...
...excellent exhibition of what it could do under these trying circumstances, and after the hard training of the past week, the team may startle somebody this afternoon. We congratulate Captain Little and the coaches upon the way in which they have brought out the team; and we wish to say that we shall not be surprised at anything it does today. Good luck...
...things which especially stand out in the remembrance of his college career, Dr. Gordon went on to say, are the consciousness of the great many different kinds of power in men and the value of examinations. The former teaches respect for other men and respect for ourselves; respect for the things one can do and for the things others can do. Examinations are often made fun of today, but to pass a hard, thorough test--whether mental or physical--is something to be proud of. Physical courage and caution are both necessary to a man's development and both come...
...looks as if one would begin by asking why a man comes to college, but that is like a man's asking why he had himself born; there are but few men who can explain that rationally. When you are born, it becomes important to ask why. If you say you came to college in order to get a degree, it seems like saying you were born in order to get a decent funeral--you leave out all the interests of life coming between the birth and the grave...
...say you came to perfect your mental powers, to acquire a vigorous and strong mind, then in order that you may do this, you must begin at the beginning; and in beginning you must learn to discriminate between the things eternal and the things temporary. In the latter you may think I am speaking of journalism, but I am not. The nearest I ever came to journalism was to be asked to be a co-editor of a paper that did not exist. I replied I did not think...