Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...most importance to the college is the elaborate editorial filling several pages near the end of the number. Its aim is to stimulate men to become more than mere plodders or idlers along the intellectual highway; to show the vast superiority of those students who. putting aside the petty spirit which drives men to work for marks or examinations alone, adopt instead an ultimate idea of true and broad culture. An abuse too prevalent at Harvard-the nursing system of private tutors-is treated with the open and unqualified contempt it deserves. If the Monthly continues thus ably to discuss...
...Theodore Roosevelt contributes an article on "The Immigration Problem." While the article contains little that is new on the subject and is not noteworthy for the force of its suggestions, it is animated by a spirit sooner or later to be adopted by all true Americans. The almost universally accepted modifications of the doctrine of the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" are fully upheld in the assertion that our country is not to be thought of as merely an asylum for the pporessed. The duty of selfpreservation is the central idea of the article...
...Present Outlook in the Moslem World." The lecture cannot fail to be instructive as Professor Toy is one of the men in this country most able to deal with his question. The subject itself, also, is particularly attractive, calling, as it does, for a discussion of the spirit of the nineteenth century in its effects upon the East...
...history of the Arabs is the least creditable part of their literature, being usually a disjointed mass of anecdotes and chronicles. The state of society and the evolution of customs are never described. The critical spirit, moreover, is entirely lacking and although the sources of information are given with painful minuteness, their trustworthiness is seldom ascertained...
During the year, the students have formed a prosperous social club, the Emmanuel Club, for the discussion of ethics and philanthropy: its meetings have been addressed by Prof. Peabody, Rev. Edward Abbott, Rev. William Lawrence, and other well known men. The spirit of fellowship is rapidly growing stronger and the students are becoming more united in their social and literary work. In point of numbers the Society has been more prosperous than in any former year, having one hundred and three women in its classes last year against ninety the year previous. The special student department is considered a most...