Word: vital
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...these days when even those whose interest in the success of the eleven is most intense can not for obvious reasons know anything of the real chances of success or failure, it is of vital importance that every man strive to keep his spirits up and to show in every way possible his loyalty. Many circumstances have conspired this season to weaken the confidence of the College in the team's ability to win. The daily papers have contained startling accounts of Yale's strength, while by reason of the strict secrecy to which all the Harvard players have been...
Such of the results of President Eliot's administration as can be summarily expressed, are found in William R. Thayer's comparison of the Harvard College of 1869 with that of today. The contrasts forcibly brought out in such a comparison are some of them of vital importance in measuring the advance which Harvard has made. Others, of less importance, are equally interesting as mere matters of statistics. No accumulation of statistics, however, can represent the effect of President Eliot's influence during the past twenty-five years. The material growth of the University is indeed worthy of notice...
...probably be two thousand students who will wish Memorial Hall board or an equivalent. Since thirteen hundred is the utmost limit for Memorial under any circumstances, it is bound to be inadequate. While the discussion of the closeness with which this limit shall be approached has its place, the vital question is as to how the much larger number of unaccommodated men are to be cared...
...believe that this is a vital question. There is no doubt that the existence of Memorial has contributed largely to Harvard's growth and that uncertain conditions as to the quality and price of board would tend to hamper this growth. More important than this is the fact that if a higher price had to be paid for suitable board, this would tend forcibly to put Harvard out of the reach of students of restricted means...
...develop partisanship, but to stimulate into activity the convictions of the republican students. Membership in the club shows a man's devotion to the principles in which he believes-principles which seem to him essential to the welfare of his country. Politics and religion are both vital subjects. The rule of the University has not been to disallow privileges to religious organizations of one sect or another, on the ground that some of them must be wrong, and therefore all must be excluded. The rule has been, rather, that all should be given the use of the University buildings...