Word: self
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...moral support of a friendly crowd back of it. The Freshman class will do well to bear in mind then that the place for them this afternoon is Soldiers Field. They are represented by a strong team and if they can supply their players with that useful measure of self-confidence, which comes from the feeling that the class is with them, they stand a very good chance of distinguishing themselves by winning the class championship...
...deeply concerns the prestige of the University itself to maintain the high Freshman athletic record of the past-would do well to enter the competition for places on the Freshman team. They owe it to the college, to their class, and as a mere question of intelligent policy, of self interest if they will, they own it to themselves...
...others are tired, is sure to win an advantage in the competition of the world. Another mental trait which University life ought always to develop is independent thinking. Let a man think about the thoughts of wiser men but let him think for himself. Such a man will be self-regulating-quiet but strong-minded-not to be blown about by vulgar breath. Though such a man be reticent, his character will impress the casual observer as strong, pure and honorable. Though he never speak a word of exhortation, he will have the influence that is quiet, solid, visible. Every...
...effort to confine punning, pure and simple, to the "By the Way" column, so long avowedly devoted to the pursuit of that noble art. There is still room for improvement in the same line, but it is a long step in advance to purge the editorial page of such self-confessed twaddle as has at times appeared there, and to substitute for it the sound opinions on events of the day which appear in the present number...
...captains of the teams are laboring with the truest self-sacrifice and devotion to the common good. Every man in college benefits by their success, however little he may have contributed towards it. Yet on Saturday night this contemptible combination of stupidity and recklessness probably did more harm than can be counteracted by months of work...