Word: mind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...those who take life more classically, not because they lack first principles, but because they are more interested in the sweep and variety, even in the exceptions and caprice, than in the rigid formulation of life. Mr. Berenson belongs to the former class, and it is wonderful that a mind so acutely intellectual as his should choose for its special province the Fine Arts--the domain, that is, where Beauty and not Knowledge is sovereign. But although his forte is intellectual, Mr. Berenson succeeds in interpreting much of the sensuous charm of painting...
...really important master, like Montegna or Corrreggio. His remarks on the grotesque, on pettiness, on the modern passion for activity, and on the dangers of the antique--to mention only a few of the topics he touches upon by the way--are penetrating and suggestive, the product of a mind that forms its own opinions, and is ready to maintain them against all comers...
...annual Northfield Conference, hold at East Northfield, in Northern Massachusetts, aims to create in every man who attends a sound mind in a sound body. With this object in view, it provides for mental, spiritual and bodily exercise. One of the really great endowments that Northfield hands down lies in the strong friendships that are formed there. For men of common interest in the fundamental things of life come together in a delightfully informal manner and find in each other characteristics that make for strong and permanent friendship. Perhaps the strongest impression one receives, however, is that life must...
...heat and excitement of today's competitions we must bear in mind one thing. We have pledged ourselves not to be carried away by athletic diversions to the injury of our studies, and we have organized ourselves through an undergraduate committee for the attainment of this object. Until the committee announces its plans, we can do no more that abide by the spirit of the petition. A word to the wise is sufficient...
...CRIMSON has never taken itself unseriously, and although there are undergraduates who decry it, yet it is certainly a real college organ, and speaks for the majority. Even when its opinions seem hasty or extreme, it often echoes most exactly the state of mind of its constituents. The realization that it is a spokesman naturally increases the sense of responsibility of its board. One benefit has come from this for which it deserves much gratitude: the CRIMSON has almost entirely weeded out the Harvard correspondent who did not blush to send to his Boston or New York paper the most...