Word: toward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...look to the football men and to the Athletic Committee to find the solution of this all-absorbing problem. Further, we look to undergraduates and graduates to offer their views now, and to forget petty criticisms in striving toward that which is the ultimate aim of every Harvard...
...fund which is being raised toward the building of a new museum amounts to about $27,000. The number of visitors to the museum has increased over 1000 during the year, the total number being about 25,000. In consequence of this large number of visitors it has been decided to open the museum on Saturdays, in addition to the days on which it has regularly been open before. From new on, therefore, the museum will be open to the public on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 9 to 5 o'clock, and on Thursdays and Sundays from...
...last of the plays, "La Gifle," is a short and witty face, with repaid action and amusing lines. Blanch-Misseron, a deputy of the Chamber, desires to fight a duel, in order to silence the mockers who have ridiculed his passive attitude toward his adversaries. He therefore picks a quarrel with an army officer, Jules Chamberiot, who has come to the office of the ministry to file a claim for a cross of the Leghorn of Honor, but who lacks the necessary deputy's, endorsement for his petition. Blanche-Misserone agrees to endorse the solder's petition, and Chamber...
...because he has few followers, for the true leader of men cares not for himself, but only for his cause and his followers. This is the metaphysic of leadership, simple in the extreme, the passion for the goal. True, that goal is not always reached, but there is motion toward it. Many a leader has gone through life with no recognition of his ambitions and efforts, only after death to have his plans utilized and his greatness appreciated. And what is this goal toward which nations, no less than individuals, are striving? We cannot say definitely what...
...impossible to estimate the exact influence which John Harvard exerted upon this University. In the early days of any institution a small thing may turn the scales toward success or failure. Let it suffice that John Harvard's gifts to this University were important enough to entitle him, in the opinion of his contemporaries, to give his name to the institution of which we are all proud to form a part. With general support the demonstration this evening will show how we value the timely aid which our virtual founder gave to the struggling College...