Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...observer the truth of the adage "Necessity is the mother of invention," than a consideration of the petitions sent in to the faculty. They average several dozen a week and cover a multitude of ailments from "cold feet" to incipient consumption. The faculty in its analogous position of liberal thought and conservative action, seems inclined to give these documents the best interpretation possible, and, in so far as they depend upon diplomatic wording, and harrowing statement, they are successful. As to the latter point, it seems curious that, while the faculty is callous to excuses of over study, they yield...
...pessimistic snarl. A great portion of the writing is naturally the direct outcome of affectation, much of the rest from an ambition to shine as a literary light. But here and there at rare intervals we catch a glimmer, transient, it is true, of a pure, new thought, which will not be crowded out, and will in its utterance prove its own intrinsic worth. This, then, we may fairly accept as the basis of Harvard poetry. But what are the poets? Of course we have execrable rhymesters, writers who need not hope for immortality, but the grave. Although a Shelley...
...other writers of their stamp. They mark distinctly a growing element in Harvard culture. Indigestion and good health are as clearly marked in Harvard verse as in the writings of a Lucy Larcom or a Carlyle. Poetry is one means open to us for the expression of our better thoughts. The verse in which we speak takes on a new significance, expresses a deeper power, as we grow older and better. Harvard poetry is a phase of Harvard thought, and the poets are the leaders of that thought. The variations of our poetry mark the transitions of our minds...
Several contributors take up the practical questions of education. E. W. Morse, '78 has a thoughtful discussion of College Preparation for Journalism. He holds that the work on the college papers is of slight worth in fitting for a literary life, except that a college editor often forms a taste for writing. Although Mr. Morse has more experience than any of us, yet his assertions are certainly debatable. He further laments the weakness of our English Department. His criticism, however, is based upon the testimony of graduates of two years and over. Plainly he knows nothing of the reforms wrought...
...risen, flourished, and died; but she alone, among all untouched, has held her sway. Our best wish is that she may be worthy to stand as the oldest paper of "Fair Harvard," our oldest seat of learning. For if the Advocate ever fairly and worthily sets forth our best thought, she, like Harvard, shall reckon her age, not by scores of years, but by centuries...