Word: thought
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most active members of the club have been divided into two squads, to shoot on alternate Saturdays, though any man may of course go out every week if he wishes. It is thought that by this arrangement of calling out certain men by name each week the practice can be made more systematic and general. Moreover the range captain can direct the shooting better if all do not go at once...
...Scholarship of the Class of 1867, with an income of $150, will be awarded soon after the beginning of the second half-year to a Freshman in Harvard College thought to be "meritorious and in need of assistance." Preference will be given to sons of members of the College Class...
...Club. There was a very general expression of opinion by individual undergraduates and by club resolutions, and in every instance the plan received strong support. In fact it was a very difficult matter to discover any opposition. Since then there has been ample time to give the matter careful thought, and the men now in College should certainly be prepared to express decided views...
...mental activity and imagination of the Greeks were stimulated by the very configuration of the landscape about them. Divided into communities by mountain ranges, they had a chance to develop along individual lines, to acquire a distinctive spirit of thought. The lines of the country are gentle and undulating, always suggesting what lies beyond. The coloring is of soft grays, pinks and violets, calling for the same restraint on the part of the artist as is shown by Nature herself. Everywhere one sees a combination of great variety with the utmost delicacy and refinement,- an effect which no sensitive imagination...
...single-hearted men, he was one of those who leaven our life and whose memory the College rejoices to foster. His character, though outwardly controlled and reserved, was inwardly a rich world of nature and ideas. There was something in him that spoke the hero, though he himself never thought of self-advancement...