Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hospitability for new ideas has characterized the Yale men of the past, and I commend the Yale spirit to you in this regard. Yield yourself to this influence of the University. Be earnest, honest and fair-minded students. Manliness and the manly sense of duty is allied to this. It is the second element of the Yale student. The rules of the university life are justified largely on this ground; they are the expression of manly living. The gentleman of leisure, even of elegant leisure, is not so far as my observation extends, the manly...
...conclusion he said: The genuine Yale man is a gentleman, not necessarily the man of cultured manners and versed in the nicer requirements of social life, but the man who has the spirit of reverence for what is good of kindness towards others, of gentleness and self sacrifice and honor and truth The peculiarities of our social life lead to a certain boyishness of manner, but I do not for one moment doubt that the tendency of our life here is toward true gentlemanliness...
...foundation of character is manliness, the sense of duty so all controlling that he is reacy for duty's call whenever and wherever it comes to him. That manly sense of obligation to God and men which puts work before pleasure and inspires the soul to meet with a spirit of a conqueror what is distasteful...
...manner. The text was taken from the 29th chapter of the Book of Proverbs, 18th verse, "Where there is no vision the people perish." "The word vision is here used not as knowledge in the ordinary sense of the word, but what was communicated to the prophets by the spirit of the Lord. A bright and pleasant vision is essential to a man's success in life and the noblest benefactor of the human race is he who gives the brightest visions. The human reason left to itself can make but little headway while combined with the imagination, it leads...
...Vesper Services last evening were conducted by Dr. Phillips Brooks. About six hundred people were present. The choir was assisted by Mr. H. M. Babcock and rendered the following music: "Holy Spirit, Come, O Come," Bass Solo and chorus by Marlin, and "Look Down, O Lord," Base Solo and chorus from Elijah...