Word: turns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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What we want to do is to turn out men fit, when any great crisis comes, to rise to their duty as did those whose names we now cherish here, men of thought in every walk of life, men who went out into the world of action, great statesmen, great soldiers, men like Washington who founded his country and Lincoln who saved it. The most important of all virtues are those that make men able to hold their own for themselves and their country. The man who has those qualities is the one who will make himself useful...
...keeping, so long as the man who represents Harvard carries with him the feeling that part of Harvard's fame is his, so long as he remembers that the next thing to victory is honorable defeat-I trust that the tide of defeat is bound to turn...
...made to provide the College with a song of real merit is timely. Past attempts in this direction have been anything but successful, largely because the men best fitted to write such songs have not bestirred themselves. There are several undergraduates who can write verse well enough to turn out something comparatively permanent. It is to be hoped that they will do what they can for such a deserving cause...
...resume her relations with Harvard. In this contest she was finely defeated after she had been most courteously received into Cornell's own race on Cornell waters. In looking forward to the race this year, then, which Yale naturally very much desired, it seemed fitting that Yale should in turn row Cornell on Yale's waters and also in Yale's own race with Harvard. Everyone earnestly wished to see this second trial of strength brought about, but it was felt that it must not be done if it involved future obligations. This very point has come up, however...
...made until after the mid-years. Any Senior who is able is urged to sit during this period as each one will lessen the rush later. It will also be advantageous to get the matter over, for during the busy season men will frequently be obliged to wait their turn at the studio...