Word: broadest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...universityes fit men for practical life?" This arises from the mistaken conception that the purpose of the University is to teach men the useful and practical in life. On the contrary the true object of a university is to educate the minds committed to its charge in the broadest manner possible, to store the mind with knowledge and culture. Like life, the university teaches not directly but by indirection. In after experience with the world a man can build on this broad and sure foundation. It is this general culture which has given to England and the world that most...
...science or literature that are made by our instructors and students, they show that beyond the work that is definitely laid out in the various courses, and constantly inspiring that work, there is an intellectual activity that is making Harvard more and more a centre of learning, in the broadest sense of the term...
...there is some plausible ground, but far from sufficient to justify its sweeping character. Beneath all the seemingly absorbing interest in athletics and social activity, there is a deep current of earnest, strenuous life in the college, the goal of which is attainment to educational ideals, in the very broadest sense in which these can be understood. It is this undercurrent which really determines the value of the undergraduate life and is significant of the tendencies in it which shall prevail. In its superficial aspects the life of the Harvard student is deceiving: those who would form a fair estimate...
...more rational attention to the care of the body be encouraged and provided for as a necessary adjunct to a collegiate education? Every student who attends Harvard University should have the opportunity of taking some systematic form of physical exercise. The exercises offered for selection should cover the broadest possible range, including every kind of athletic sport and gymnastic game. Before making his choice, the student should have a physical examination and the benefit of expert advice as to what exercise he may best follow. The final selection, however, should be optional with the student, except in those cases where...
...foreseen the action of educational forces; with unfailing resources of quick intelligence, adroit action, and steady will he has met these forces and maintained the position of Harvard in all circumstances. He is a man of action; always thoroughly acquainted with the matter in hand from its broadest aspects to its minutest details, always clear as to his own intention, always calm, swift and unhesitating in its realization. No university president in the country is his equal in executive ability, and it is safe to say that, when his administration closes, the executive of Harvard will have to be reorganized...