Word: uses
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...contemporaries of snobbery. They said that he tried to make himself better than other men by accumulating his library. De Bury answered these charges by saying that his reason for collecting books was that he might leave them at his death to establish a library for the use of poor students at Oxford. He says that he wrote the "Philobiblon" to justify his great love of books...
...last night in Holden Chapel. G. Gleason '97, spoke on "The necessity of cultivating the spiritual side of our natures." He said that there are many men in College who are eager to obtain facts, but who neglect the cultivation of that which will enable them to make good use of their knowledge. Men who have greatly developed their spiritual side are better men than those who are merely intellectual. This is shown by the fact that uneducated, but spiritual, men are a far greater power for good in the world than purely intellectual...
...offer of the new Billings Chair of English Literature at Yale. The chair was founded two years ago by Judge E. W. Billings of the class of '53, who left $75,000 for its maintenance. Mr. Stedman believes that Yale, in trying to improve her English department, should make use of younger blood. He says that twenty years ago he would willingly have accepted the offer...
...Corbin's interesting account in yesterday's CRIMSON of the way in which the use of the university colors by athletes is regulated at Oxford, suggests a very possible adaptation of the English system to our own conditions. We are confident that the University will heartily support the Athletic Committee in any action restricting the use of the Harvard colors more closely than is done at present...
...University and Freshman Glee Clubs. Aside from the chorus training which these afford, there have been no opportunities for obtaining instruction in singing except by private arrangement. Though the classes which are to be formed will not take the place of private lessons, they will be of great use to all who feel the need of practice in reading music and in the elements of singing. Instruction in these lines can readily be given in the class-room, and we have no doubt that many will take advantage of the opportunity now offered...