Word: towards
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last meeting of the executive committee of the Harvard Alumni Association held at the Union Club, Boston, ways and means were discussed toward the establishment of general headquarters for Harvard men in the State street district of Boston. No definite plans were made, but a sub-committee, with Bishop William Lawrence '71, as chairman, was chosen to consider the details of the headquarters plan. The question of publishing an alumni weekly was discussed, but no final action was taken...
...view of the important steps recently taken by the University looking toward the ultimate establishment of instruction in Applied Science upon the level already set by the professional schools of law and medicine, this appointment must rank as one of great importance...
...offence. Osborne several times broke through Maine's line and downed the runner for a loss. On the ends Macdonald and Burnham played an excellent game, being very quick in getting down the field under punts and making fine tackles. Orr, who was put in at left end toward the close of the game, made several open field tackles in good form. All the first set of backs on the University team were excellent ground gainers, and Mason and Lincoln of the second set did good work. A great many substitutes were played on both teams, but seldom on account...
Among the activities which should be eagerly entered are the Glee and Musical Clubs, the entertainment troupes, and the work of the Phillips Brooks House Association. Harvard is different in its attitude toward this association than are most other colleges toward their philanthropic enterprises. The voluntary membership, which is here entered upon for purely unselfish motives, makes the work as a whole more sincere and effective than at many other colleges. The association is still young and one of you will institute improvements as yet unthought...
...verse is entirely different in tone and on the whole distinctly well done, "Corporation Football" is the sort of thing that ought to be valuable years from now as an admirable expression of the undergraduate feeling toward the reform of football by the authorities. "The Cruise of the Scholarship" is cleverly done, and the verse is excellent. "Victor and Vanquished" would be better were it not for a suggestion of those heroic bits in "Pieces for Recitation" which afford so much of the material for grammar school declamation...