Word: thoughtful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Members of the University will be glad to learn that President William J. Tucker of Dartmouth College is to preach at Appleton Chapel tomorrow evening. As a professor of the Andover Theological Seminary, Dr. Tucker was well known throughout the country for his breadth of thought and thorough scholarship. Since he has been at Dartmouth his administration has already been marked by the steady development of the college. Whatever he has to say to Harvard men is sure to be of great interest...
...Moxom said he was greatly interested in seeing how much good could be done incidentally by students really zealous in the work. He thought that a great deal of vice in this world is due to want of recreation. People are only now beginning to appreciate the moral value of entertainment...
...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...
President Eliot expressed himself in favor of the proposed club. He said that the chief difficulty would arise from the question of money. He said that $100,000 would doubtless be necessary for the building alone. He thought that $15,000 a year would be hardly sufficient for the expenses of the club. If each man were to be assessed $10 a year membership fee, as proposed, it would take 1500 members to make up this...
...playgoers of Boston are so disunited, so largely unknown personally to each other, that the judgment that they pass upon plays is far from having the weight that should belong ot any expression of opinion based on experience and thought. It is proposed that this club, to consist of such playgoers as shall be invited to join, shall meet from time to time to listen to addresses on dramatic subjects directly suggested by current productions, to discuss the merits and demerits of such performances as may at the time be attracting public attention, and in general to make the best...