Word: self
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...said Bishop Vincent, he was the exponent of love for humanity. We cannot tell how much he bore, but we know that it must have been much, for he said: "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me," and yet with most wonderful self-sacrifice he added, "nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt...
...remedying the present evils connected with football, has not yet been proved. Prove it, and they stand with the Faculty and students in asserting that intercollegiate contests must go. There is unanimity of belief throughout the University that intercollegiate football as it has been played, is for ever self-condemned...
...purely educational advantages which the two kinds of schools may often offer in different degrees there is one argument urged in behalf of the boarding school which we wish to discredit; the argument, namely, that a young boy, by the experience of a boarding school life, is made manly, self-reliant, independent. The words are often used with very little distinction, but the underlying idea is that the boy at an early age begins to enjoy the privileges and to be credited with certain of the powers of a man, and so becomes decidedly active in shaping his own destiny...
...foundation of ideal on which his life is to be built, and on the strength of which depends not only his pleasure but his success when he at last comes to shift for himself. There are more qualities that go to the making of a man than self-reliance, which well becomes only a strong character on which reliance may confidently be placed, and is therefore unbecoming in young boys, whose characters are necessarily unformed. The boarding school too often developes not true manliness, but rather a heedless independence which is incompatible with...
...Football is a beneficial form of athletics. - (a) It is acceptable to the students. - (1) Is played by a large number. - (b) It promotes bodily health. - (1) Physique. - (2) Training teaches importance of proper ventilation, food, clothing, etc. - (c) It promotes moral qualities. - (1) Self-control. - (2) Temperance. - (3) Courage...