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...Dean West paid a glowing tribute to the scope of his accomplishments and the permanent influence of his work. Professor Palmer, he said, combines the qualities of a great teacher and a powerful thinker; is a literary artist of high distinction and "a philosopher of original sense with a tranquil enthusiasm for truth." Such a tribute to our esteemed professor arouses a sense of pride in every Harvard man. This new honor for Professor Palmer reminds us again of the magnitude of his work. Not only is he a deep-thinking philosopher, but he possesses that rare power of making...
...that for which we hold him dear. His rare personality, his influence for untold good over two generations of men, this is the heritage he has left us. His life revealed the truth that the pure in heart see God. Behind the magnificent intellect, was the pure, gentle, tranquil heart which guided and utilized the intellect. He was one man whom we may call a college saint, and before him college men bowed, as it were, to worship...
Near Memorial Hall was recently set a charming statue of John Harvard. The young clergyman sits in his chair, his pulpit robe thrown around hime, his book open on his knee, his thin face and tranquil, hopeful eyes turned toward the western sky. He is thinking of the days that are to be. He hears nothing of the vigorous tide of life now flowing round his chair. He knows nothing of past success or present attainment. His face shows no trace either of self-distrust or of self-satisfaction. But the quiet unconsciousness with which his trustful hope looks toward...
...interesting struggle seems not to be near by. The college will wait with feverish excitement for the outcome of the political fruit or job which is certain to make an appearance before many days. For the present no serious outbreak need be expected, and affairs will probably remain tranquil, with a chance that the contestants will not resort to violence until after the examinations...
...years, the expense of the "plant." The students have for years PROTESTED against certain abuses in the janitor system. But our Parliament, with its advanced liberals and its ultra-conservatisms busy fighting one another, and all the rest absent; and our Overseers, "ninety-five in the shade," calm and tranquil,-how can we expect such as these to regard the wishes of the students, unless those wishes are expressed either in the "Explosive orotund" of gunpowder, or in the swelling choral tones that come from "One equal temper of heroic hearts" bound to be heard or smash something? Now. there...