Word: thinking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...success of each of them. Our guest of the evening has been a lawyer, a reformer in public life, an educator, and a college president; and he has done all of these with singular success, and in a way to excite the admiration of all who know him. I think he might speak with authority upon each of the four vocations I have mentioned, but he has chosen "Education" for his subject this evening. I wish to present to you President Garfield of Williams College...
...following heads: first, in its relation to the student life; second, in its relation to the outside world; third, comparatively, how does this profession rank with other professions which may engage your attention? fourth, and last, what are some of the inward satisfactions coming from this profession, which I think are sufficiently great to attract men to it? Because in this, as in any other profession which we undertake, everything depends upon our being peculiarly qualified for the profession, and caring for that kind of life...
...them, this contrast is misleading. I am not sure but that when filled with red blood of youth, we all look forward to our careers, and contrast the great world with the quiet college, we are apt to underestimate the teacher. His life is not what you think it is. In some respects it is better, and in some worse. At any rate, it is on a plane which enables him to develop the best that...
...altogether natural that the persons who publish these sheets should wish to hide their identity. But it is by no means an impossibility to find the offenders, nor do we think that any amount of trouble should be spared in the attempt to do so. It is a matter which the Student Council or the administrative officers of the University should at once undertake. We believe that the persons responsible are members of the University; if so, expulsion would be the least severe punishment that could be indicted upon them...
...preceding fall. At Yale the letter is awarded to those runners who finish within twelfth place in the intercollegiate run, whether Yale wins the run or not. This does not cheapen the letter, for to secure even twelfth place in such an event requires great qualities. I think the Athletic Association should follow Yale's example in this respect, and place a real "H" within the reach of good cross-country runners, or else remove the mythical reward altogether. E.L. VIETS...