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...three crews rowed upstream as far as the Brighton bridge and back in short stretches, while Wray coached from the "John Harvard." The boat was steady, but did not space as well as previously between strokes. The men caught the water with vigor and handled their blades in good form. In the second boat the men did not follow the stroke as well as usual, but were strong on the finish. The four-oar crew rowed very smoothly...
...conclusion President Eliot said that corporations should provide their employees with those external conditions which will promote health, cheerfulness, and vigor in the working people. No corporate expenditure, he said, could be more productive or more profitable towards the improvement of the National character...
...return to the first point. In the days when our grandfathers were undergraduates it was a well-night insolvable problem in the administration of our colleges how to provide a wholesome outlet for the surplus energy of the vigorous young student. In Europe today the student whiles away his idle hours in drinking and duelling bouts, while even in England riots between town and gown are frequent occurrences. The overflow of student vigor in America has formerly taken the form of such college pranks as ragging of signs, gate lifting, and hazing. Those disorders have now practically disappeared from American...
...concentrated attention, a broad survey of the fields of study, together with a better knowledge of one's own powers and adaptations--these attainments, said Bishop Vincent, and most of all, intellectual discipline with the aim of symmetrical development, should be the ideals of youth. For mere mental vigor, without a well-balanced conscience, intellect, and will, is of little value...
...Bryce was introduced by President Eliot, who said that this was the first of a permanent series of lectures relating to government and civic duty. The lectureship bears the name of a great journalist, a man of unusual vigor, sincerity, and candor, who throughout his life pursued high ideals of public duty and liberty. His pen was strong and his writings were often irritating to his opponents. To do him honor, his friends, many of whom differed from him politically, have endowed this lectureship. It is particularly appropriate that the man who is to inaugurate these lectures should...