Word: says
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shown an extension of this use. We hardly need to expatiate on the value of a library to college students, nor do we need to declare what an impetus a large collection of books must give to the intellectual life of any institution of learning. It is enough to say that whoever neglects to use these books gets from his course in college only a small portion of the profit that he might get. A certain member of a class now graduated once boasted that he had never taken a book from the Harvard library, although he had roomed four...
...improbable that the gymnasium authorities appreciate how cold the main hall of the building is. To one going from the dressing rooms, which are generally very comfortable, into the hall there is a surprising and disagreeable change. The steam has not, we think it is safe to say, been turned on in that place this season, though there have been several days cold enough to warrant such action. On behalf of scores of shivering students, we ask that the matter may be attended to at once and further discomfort avoided...
...essay goes on to say, that the boy who lays aside his reasoning powers, and takes without question the dictum of his teacher, is the one who learns to read and spell more readily. There is a great strain upon the powers of memorizing at the expense of everything else. Several letters stand for one sound and vice versa. There are many silent letters and syllables, and altogether the English language is the worst constructed of any now in existence, except, perhaps, that of the heathen Chinee. An Italian school-boy learns to read Italian in a little over nine...
...mistake to suppose that Harvard men have no pride in intellectual attainments. The outside world seems to think that Harvard men are afflicted at heart with an indifference about all that is serious. But this conception of our character is decidedly wrong. While there is, and we may almost say, always has been, a certain indifference in the Harvard character, yet it should be noted that that indifference is far more apparent than real. Harvard men have opinions and feelings, and are quite capable of being enthusiastic on something besides athletics, if occasion demands. That they should be known abroad...
...glory that is more lasting, for greatness and nobility and genius. Men formerly thought "indifferent," become men of strength and opinion. The hitherto unseen current of thought is now clearly visible. So has been the past. So will be the future. And while it is not crankism to say that the sooner this current of serious thought displays itself, the better for the thinker and for the college, it is more than crankism to say that all the attention that college men now give to athletics and such temporary matters should be turned to thoughts of things higher and nobler...