Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...development of oneself through service to others, it points its moral clearly,--the necessity, if a man's college life is to be successful in the highest sense of that word, of self-control, careful thought, wise choice, and firm decision. In a single page, full of the rare spirit that for thirty years has been one of the greatest blessings of our College,--sweet and wise,--Dean Briggs opens the number with a talk about the Chapel, even better and more compelling than the good five-minute sermons he so heartily commends. "A Senior" writes with genuine and convincing...
...colleges have had favorite professions. At Columbia, Dartmouth and Michigan for instance, it is law; at Pennsylvania it is medicine; at Oberlin, Wisconsin, and many others, particularly the co-educational institutions, it is teaching; while a few of the universities, Brown, for ex- ample, have shown an impartial spirit, dividing up their strength almost equally among four leading professions...
...meet as many college men as possible and to talk over with them subjects of the latters' own choosing. Probably no one of these men is visited more than Dr. Lyman Abbott, who spends most of his time, when he is in Wadsworth House, discussing journalism. Nor should a spirit of diffidence keep students from enjoying a privilege which is extended in so generous a spirit. To think that they will appear too forward if they pay a visit to Wadsworth House is a poor excuse for men to neglect an invitation which should command a whole-hearted response...
...realize that the competitions are serious and demand energy, resourcefulness, and real determination to win. Although the competitions are very severe, candidates are expected to maintain a proper standing in their studies in spite of the extra work required of them. As a matter of class pride and spirit the members of 1915 should do their share in supporting the particular undergraduate activity the CRIMSON represents, and it is to be hoped that a large number of Sophomores will report for the competition starting this evening...
...that he deemed it a great honor to be present at the exercises and he thanked Harvard University for this honor, conveying also the personal congratulations of the German Emperor and the German nation Ambassador von Bernstorff said that the thing he admired most in Americans was such public spirit as characterized the generosity of Mr. Busch in providing funds for the erection of the new building...