Word: shared
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...high price of board in November and December, which statement was made at the time by several members of the Association. It sounds reasonable to advocate the maintenance of both systems in use at present. We should not be surprised if the writer had called attention to a good share of the trouble in advocating a more business-like effort to please the men who are boarding there, and thereby increase the membership of the Hall, rather than in finding the "easiest wholesale job for the management...
...arranged that the prize winners justify the selection by their subsequent life. But have our prize winners done as much for the public as it has a right to expect? That the men who have won scholastic distinction at Harvard have later won more than their proportionate share of honor in the outside world has been shown by Professor Lowell's investigations. Though this is equally true in other colleges, the proportion is not nearly so decisive as it should...
...began by pointing out that Milton was born at the beginning of a new age of progress in which there were many famous men, among whom he was one of the greatest. His life can be divided into three parts: his early years as a student and scholar; his share in the struggles of the day; and his retirement and the writing of his great epic poem. Milton went to college to become a minister in the Anglican Church, but he never carried out this intention for he believed that the people should rule in religious matters, not the bishops...
...Cutting's "The Consul's Nightingale" is the best of the stories. His style has backbone, he has an eye for the humorous and the picturesque and a knack for making the reader share his vision. Finally he is content to smile without laughing. Of the "screamingly funny" type, on the contrary, is Mr. Prince's. "In the Days of the Gods," which appears to be a vague and completely bowlderized reminiscence of an episode in the fifteenth book of the Iliad. One's screams, however, are not long prolonged. Of ten august and ancient inspirations, and no happier...
...very building that is a monument to generosity and devotion are endeavoring to get something for nothing from the University and its benefactors in a mean way. The Union was intended for the use of all Harvard men, but all who use it are expected to contribute their share towards its maintenance...