Word: mind
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Harvard's last war-time duty has been completed with the overwhelming over-subscription of the College Victory Loan quota, and students may now face the future, without the presence of any very immediate national obligation to trouble their peace of mind. The war is won, the peace is paid for, and at first sight it would appear that college men are free to follow their own interests without let or hinderance...
...wish to call to mind once more that the bonuses from the Government are on the way to most of the men in College, and that the practice of thrift is never to be regretted. If the Freshmen will arouse from their state of inertia and pay up the pledges made at their mass meeting last Monday, the end of the drive will be in sight. We have no doubt that the payment of this obligation will be performed, and in such circumstances the University will be in a position to oversubscribe the quota. Let every one audit...
...approach of the boat races calls to mind the interesting fact, not generally known among Harvard men of this generation, that the adoption of Crimson as the University color was the chance result of a regatta some sixty years...
...going to be and to map out his career in college accordingly. Naturally it was not the intention of those who planned this "reformation" to establish such a contradiction but the result as the system now stands can hardly be otherwise. A young student will either make up his mind thoughtlessly and regret it later or else he will be entirely dominated by those who are appointed to guide him in his choice. The benefits from a "humanitarian" education to assist one in deciding upon ones career will be entirely eliminated. It will be "concentration" carried to the nth degree...
...rests largely with the attitude he has taken. Take the case of concentration and distribution, which is such a bugbear at present. How many have given serious study and thought to the subject, for say fifteen minutes at a time? Or how many who have disliked to exercise their minds to that extent have talked to their Faculty Adviser upon the subject? Its very purpose would indicate that it may not be the simplest subject, but still it seems one that would not strain even a college man's mind to the breaking point...