Word: shun
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Freshmen who are inclined to shun anything with which the Faculty are connected should read the list of speakers at the reception in the Union tonight, at which time the University extends an official welcome to newcomers. Many upperclassmen who are over-burdened with engagements are glad to take advantage of such an occasion. In act, were President Eliot the only speaker, the chance to hear him talk informally upon some topic of vital interest is one which no one can well afford to miss,--least of all anyone to whom it will be a new experience...
...game comes on the day before Class Day, many men, underclassmen as well as Seniors, will have friends in Cambridge, and it is hardly fair to ask them to leave their guests to find their way alone, in order to march in the parade. Those, however, who shun the cheering section merely because of the discomfort of walking in a crowd, should realize that they have more responsibility than at a professional game. Numbers count in cheering as well as enthusiasm, and a half-filled cheering section is nearly as useless as none at all. Let every...
Tulin, in closing the direct debate, said: My colleagues have shown you the marked tendency in American colleges to shun the free elective system, which has proved so unsatisfactory at Harvard, not withstanding its restriction by many limitations. When a few weeks ago the Harvard Faculty instituted a new degree--an A.B. with distinction--which requires that a student shall pursue his courses in a single department under the supervision of the Faculty, they stamped work done under special direction as of higher value than unrestricted study. What more eloquent testimony than this illustrates the tendency away from the free...
...Some Dangers of a Democracy." Mr. guild began his address by speaking of the great privilege American citizenship conveys at this particular time. The country has nothing to fear from without. Its only danger is from within. The citizens of this country who are indifferent to politics, who shun public duties, who avoid the stress of elections, are the modern traitors, as dangerous and evil as the traitors of history. The country needs strong young men who will give richly of their money, their time and their strength. The dangers of a democracy are of little account when such...