Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...disgrace, while in truth, very little foundation for the exaggerated accounts which appeared could be found. As to the latter performance there is but little to be said. The Conference Committee, although deserving no such treatment, obtained the odium of a large body of the students, some because they thought the committee did not do enough in the matter; others because they thought too much interference was shown...
...dollars per annum. The number will be made up of (1) a few signed articles, coming, it is hoped, from a wide range of writers both within and without the University; (2) shorter papers and notes on topics of interest; (3) correspondence showing the movement of economic thought in the principal foreign countries; (4) a condensed bibliography of publications in political economy for the preceding quarter; and (5) such reprinted articles, documents, or statistical matter as may seem useful for the student of economic science...
...political life. A statesman (and in speaking of politics I give it its higher definition of statesmanship,) should be a man of broad education. He has to deal not merely with localities, but with the world, and his mental equipment should be such that he may comprehend the thought and movement of the world as thoroughly as a merchant comprehends the daily movement of the market. The broadest, the best education that a college can give, therefore, is the best preparation for a political career. The nearest that Harvard, or any college, can come to a direct preparation for this...
...undergraduate committees and it is expected that the celebration of the undergraduates' day will equal the highest expectations. But the cooperation of all is absolutely essential to make such success possible. For this reason it is expected that the class meetings will be largely attended and that earnest thought will be given to the work. The celebration is now so near at hand that whatever is done must be done at once. The work ought to enlist the working support of every student...
...made a very good showing in the class races last May, coming in second. This it was, probably, which prompted them to a race with our freshmen and Columbia. The Yale freshmen have quarters just beside their 'varsity, and both crews will use the same boat-house. It is thought at New London that this race will be very close, the chances pointing slightly in favor of Harvard...