Word: traites
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Hard and faithful study amounts simply to keeping trust with one's college and one's home. But something besides study is needed. The president of a recent class once said: "A man should do his college work and one thing besides, and do that well." A strong Harvard trait is the spirit of quiet helpfulness. There are many men who in a quiet way help the poor, conduct Boys' Clubs in East Cambridge, teach at the Prospect Union, and carry on many other kinds of philanthropic work...
...teachings in the light of his own temptations, to study its biographies that he may learn to know more human nature; for in the Bible are written with marvelous force and clearness the lives of men of every character as well as of the Man whose character combined every trait of strength and nobility...
...rollicking humor of "An Elk Hunt in Wyoming," by Henry Lyman, is the most delightful trait of a very interesting narrative. The incident by itself is very funny; and the sly wit with which it is told makes it well-nigh irresistible...
...only the stepping stone to the greatest of all joys--that of ministration. However grand the attainment, it must always seem cheap unless made glorious by a noble use. This is why unselfishness should be cultivated at all times, lest we discover too late that it is a trait which cannot be extemporized. It must be made a part of our nature if we are to possess it at all. This joy of unselfishness is perhaps the greatest blessing given by God; and through its means we may be sure that steady progress will always continue in the world...
...manner is very natural and pleasing. The part of "Bustopha," one of the funniest of Fletcher's creations, is taken by J. G. Brackett '01 in an exceptionally entertaining manner. In the female roles, W. C. Arensberg '00 makes a serious and charming "Ismenia." Femininity--a somewhat impossible trait perhaps--is slightly lacking in the other female characters...