Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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There is no university in the country in which provision is made in more thorough and thoughtful fashion for the religious welfare of the student body. But it is in full accord with the principles and spirit of Harvard that it is left to the students themselves to decide, each man for himself, in what measure he will avail himself, in what measure he will avail himself of the provision which is thus made. Nothing is more obvious than that large numbers of students, who by no means lack sympathy with religion and who would acknowledge their own need...
...result that college life has shown a marked tendency to disintegrate, both intellectually and socially. To that disintegration the overshadowing interest in athletic games appears to be partly due. I believe strongly in the physical and moral value of athletic sports, and of intercollegiate contests conducted in a spirit of generous rivalry; and I do not believe that their exaggerated prominence at the present day is to be attributed to a conviction on the part of the undergraduates, or of the public, that physical is more valuable than mental force. It is due rather to the fact that such contests...
...mind, a familiarity with methods of thought, an ability to use information, rather than a memory stocked with facts, however valuable such a storehouse may be. In his farewell address to the alumni of Dartmouth President Tucker remarked that "the college is in the educational system to represent the spirit of amateur scholarship. College students are amateurs, not professionals." Or, as President Hadley is fond of putting it, "The ideal college education seems to me to be one where a student learns things that the is not going to use in after life, by methods that he is going...
...Garcelon was the first speaker, and he emphasized the importance of track athletics. In no other sport is there as great an opportunity for a man to show his persistence and determination. This spirit will gradually pervade all activities and will prove a powerful assistance in after-life...
...brought that run in was playing his first Yale game, that he reached first base four times out of five at the bat, made two hits despite an unnerving injury earlier in the season, and played a perfect game in the field. This is another concrete instance of the spirit with which the team is fired...