Word: think
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...obtain a large number of replies by letter. There are many men in the University who have definite views on the subject, whose opinions would be of great assistance to the committee in their work of canvassing student opinion. Such men should not hesitate to write briefly what they think. For the benefit of the large number of men who would like simply to say that they are in favor of the plan, blue-books will be placed tomorrow morning at Memorial Hall, the Foxcroft Club, and Leavitt and Peirce's, and one will be in the CRIMSON office this...
...reason for the failure of these doctrines of unity is that men will think as individuals. Thought may be regulated or suppressed, but can not be coerced. Changes in the world necessitate changes in formulae. In a word, advance means diversity...
Speaking as an alumnus of another university I think I can testify that it is decidedly an exaggeration to say that the name of Harvard is becoming a laughing-stock, or that "as a University" she is losing her reputation among any persons whose opinion is worth a moment's consideration. Her position and reputation are above even the potent influences of the football scores. Her recent athletic defeats are attributed (I do not say rightly, but speak only of opinions among college men) in part to developments in intercollegiate athletics outside the control of her students, and in part...
...misappropriation of the 'varsity sweater states a real problem in our athletic management, and one that is likely to increase as our sports expand. The problem has, however, been long settled in England; and a glance at the method now in vogue at Oxford, for instance, will suggest, I think, a fitting remedy...
...strongly. The writer, however, fails to distinguish between the spirit which characterizes the excuse makers and that of those who, while feeling keenly and bitterly the humiliation which defeat brings just because it is defeat, cannot refrain from expressing their appreciation of the men who, as they sincerely think, "did the best they could," "played a sandy, up-hill game" and "played like gentlemen." Applied to last Saturday's game, such expressions are not "nonsense" nor are they generally received as such as witness Mr. Elder's letter and most of the newspaper reports of the game. We agree with...