Word: self
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...dealt with on its merits, and where it is evidently a sport, that though small in some ways, is enjoyed by a large number of men, some help should be given by the Athletic Association although I feel the Committee is right in urging the smaller teams to be self-supporting...
...Peabody said, experience certain difficulty in standing against impurity in college life, because we are influenced to such a great extent by the opinions of others. This consciousness of self asserts itself in our thoughts as well as in our actions. "We experience nervousness, for instance, when we are called upon to speak in public; we read a literary criticism in a magazine before we form an opinion about a new book; we ask the opinion of an intellectual scientist before we express our views upon religion." Again, in our social relationships in college life we are influenced too much...
Bishop Vincent described in detail the faith of a true Methodist, and particularly emphasized his absolute dependence on God, citing in contrast Matthew Arnold's poem, "Self Dependence." The remainder of his talk was devoted to reviewing the principal emphases of Methodism...
...communication of Professor Coolidge on "The Athletic Financial Policy" in the CRIMSON for December 17 calls attention to a subject of much interest to the University. For many years the football and baseball teams have been more than self-supporting, but the other teams have relied upon subscriptions to pay off part of their yearly deficit, and the credit balance every year has sooner or later been used for permanent improvements of some sort. The subscription business, however, has become a nuisance. The Graduate Treasurer's reports show that the number of University teams which collect subscriptions has increased from...
...Athletic Committee was formed primarily to manage and control our athletics, and secondly to make such improvements in grounds and equipment as were necessary. To throw the minor sports, which have never been self-supporting, on their own resources; to let them work out their own salvation or perish in order that a few more dollars may be saved every year for buildings and other improvements on Soldiers Field seems change of policy unwarranted by the circumstances...