Word: scholar
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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President Eliot addressed the first meeting of the Graduate Club last night on "The Scholar's Satisfactions in Life...
...every subject, said President Eliot, there is apt to be a word that needs definition. By the word scholar, is not meant the young student, but the man who devotes himself to observation, recording, discovery; the man who is going to be a scholar as long as he lives. In the last fifty years there has been a great change in the world's conception of a scholar. A scholar used to occupy himself with philosophy, literature, or some kindred work, but now we see scholars in a great variety of fields. It makes no difference what the scholar...
...must enlarge on the eighteenth century definition of a scholar. A scholar of the present day is not a bookworm, or a mere absorber of the learning of other people, but he is a pioneer in knowledge, an investigator capable of research. A scholar is not a recluse, and though he may be more or less withdrawn from the world, it is only to live on a grander scale, and with large hope of serving mankind...
...prize of $45 is offered to the "best scholar in Spanish, who shall have commenced the study of that language at Harvard College, and whose scholarship shall be determined by his proficiency in Spanish composition." Notice of intention to compete for this prize must be sent to the Recorder on or before...
Professor Hugo Munsterberg last week received a call from the German government to occupy the chair of philosophy at the University of Konigsberg, Germany, a professorship which has especial attractions because it was occupied for 30 years by Immanuel Kant, the great German scholar. Professor Munsterberg has decided to remain at Harvard, however, and has cabled his refusal of the call...