Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...undergraduates, who would at any time have stood ready to congratulate Mr. Moore, and wish him well, will be more than anxious to when they study and understand the system of ticket application and distribution which he has inaugurated. Its effect on the ultimate results of distribution will be little or nothing, except as it provides a surer prevention of speculation; but in the handling of the distribution it means an estimated economy of $4000. Three fourths of this will be saved in labor to the Athletic Association; the remainder will be saved in postage to members of the University...
...CRIMSON gives its heartiest greeting and good wishes for four years of hard and successful work. It has come to Harvard at a notable period of the University's development and should strive to leave its mark on that development. In doing this, each man in the class should understand that he has an equal chance with every other man and has it in his own power to make good. But there are one or two bits of knowledge, gained from experience, that upperclassmen would like to give to the members of the Class...
...heroism to expose himself to what was believed to be absolutely certain death, and, secondly, he had the faith that he would succeed, and the third quality that he had was the good sense, the intelligence, the wisdom, call it what you please,--in short, the imagination to understand that there was no use to oppose a giant by brute force, and that his only chance lay in the use of a missile...
...have a "rowing situation." But we have. The order of the crews that leave today is probably not final, and there are not three weeks before the Yale races. The crew did, of course, meet one of the best crews that Cornell ever turned out. but the undergraduates should understand that a win from Yale in rowing is not a fixture and that perhaps a good send off today would give the oarsmen a valuable bit of encouragement...
Another step toward the welcoming of Freshmen will be taken when the committee of one hundred meets in Phillips Brooks House his evening. As we understand its duties, they will be to recommend the Brooks House Information Bureau, to urge all Freshmen to attend the first class gathering in the fall, the Brooks House Reception, and to extend an informal welcome, supplementary to that of the Reception and the Senior advisers. So long as these ideals are maintained and the committee refrains from any attempt to do more than extend such a welcome, its work will be of inestimable value...