Word: unselfishly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...form of an international scholarship is by far the most satisfactory solution of the problem of how best to perpetuate the name and fame of those who have made the supreme sacrifice for a foreign land. The Victor Emmanuel Chapman Memorial Fellowship is a fitting testimonial to the unselfish generosity which inspired him who gave all that he had to help in the service of France. Monuments of bronze or stone are at best only transient. But through such a memorial as this the name of one among the many members of the University who have died either fighting...
Educating Mexico is an undertaking not to be entered upon lightly. The task of bringing a people from educational darkness into light is one which calls for an administrator of the utmost tact and executive ability, for unselfish devotion on the part of a large body of professors, and for considerable funds of money. It may be expected to yield large results, not only in the regeneration of Mexico, but in the promotion of more amicable relations between the two sister republics of North America. The Mexicans have neither the resources nor the equipment to educate themselves...
...tell ourselves that we are acting for humanity when we do nothing, that we have been calm, deliberate and judicious, that we avoided creating a scene and did not give an unpleasant exhibition of temper. And in later years we can tell our children what a high-minded and unselfish part we played in the great war, how we held ourselves aloof and reaped many benefits. But could we ever escape the memory of the dead? Try as we would we could never forget them, and with most it would be in the future as it is now that...
...succeeded best in life are the men who have made the best use of their spare time in college. You can probably think in a moment's time of several men in college who are contributing largely to their alma mater in the form of personal, unselfish service. They are not men of distinguished talents or of remarkable native ability, and yet they manage to turn out a great volume of work. You wonder how they do it. The simple truth is that they possess a peculiar knack for developing the odd moment, operating their lives on an efficient basis...
...much credit cannot be given to the editors for their sound execution of the important and stupendous task of issuing such a book. To W. B. Southworth '18 particularly belongs the praise for unselfish and unceasing labor...