Word: small
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...This system, he said, has proved in many ways, unsatisfactory. President Eliot, in his inaugural address expressed the hope that by means of the free election of studies each student would secure a curriculum, chosen with regard to natural preference and inborn aptitude. It was his aim to substitute small, interested classes for large, uninterested ones, and to foster scholarship by increasing ardor and enthusiasm in the college and by relieving the various courses of the presence of perfunctory students. The history of the system, however, bears out Professor Munsterberg in his statement in "American Traits," that two-thirds...
...Poggio, a Papal secretary, was the discoverer of many Latin manuscripts, and by 1433, a century after Petrarch, he has discovered or assisted in the discovery of the manuscripts of 15 Latin authors, including Cicero, Tacitus, Plautus and Lucretius. All the discoveries of this century, however, were but a small percentage of the amount of classical literature handed down through the Middle Ages. During the same period Cyriacus of Ancona was engaged in the work of exploring the ancient monuments and transcribing their Latin inscriptions. Fra Giacondo, while similarly occupied made drawings of many of the monuments. Amerigo Vespucci...
...only fair that the undergraduates should contribute. I do not believed it is possible to lay down a hard and fast rule as to the support of the minor teams; but each case should be 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...
...room, Juniors at the North end and Freshmen and Sophomores in the centre of the room, beside the Seniors and Juniors, respectively. Graduates will be welcome to any part of the floor. The Musical clubs will render selections, and during the intermission there will be impromptu singing. Small tables will be placed in the Living Room, and throughout the evening light refreshments, such as may be obtained at the lunch counter, will be served at regular prices...
...Christ did, nor is it necessary. We should, however, try to have the spirit and principles that he had and carry them out according to our own time and place. A man can get only a faint reflection of Christ's character, but he must use this small knowledge to mould his own life. Christ was not an ecclesiastic, not a theologian, but a simple lover of men who tried to give them happiness. We must remember that happiness is character, what a man is, not what he has. A young man on the threshold of life must...