Word: thoughtfulness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...closing the Head-quarters of the University Endowment Fund were not prepared to give exact figures, it was certain that the Boston total had reached very nearly the million mark. Earlier on Saturday it was announced that the fund was only $20,000 short of a million. It was thought, however, that several subscriptions received later considerably lessened this...
Equally to be admired are the fine generosity of his thought and the hardihood with which he exposes his bank account to the zeal of competing "drive" teams. One casual sentence, moreover, discloses an underlying wisdom. "Almost without exception self-made men educate their own children." With only a single step further in the enlightenment of self-interest, we arrive at the conclusion that, as the ultimate beneficiary of advanced education is the community as a whole, the community as a whole should be reckoned the professor's ultimate debtor...
...plan instituted two years ago for broadening thought within the College has proved itself a success. The discussion group system has spared many undergraduates the mistake of totally burying themselves in their own activities; for while the region between the Peabody Museum and the Stadium holds for the Harvard student perhaps more life and interest than any other spot, it unfortunately covers but a small area...
...broad education, and the ordinary course at college does not supply that need. It must be left to the individual. Students are so used to having the fruits of learning passed them on a silver platter, that they often forget the necessity of enlarging their mental outlook by private thought and serious discussion...
...Restoration of French Unity by the War. 3. Effects of the War on the Moral Ideas of the French. 4. Craving for intellectual and Moral Superiority Created by the War. Distinguished Men Revealed by the War. 5. A Clearer View of Realities. 6. Conflicting Currents of Thought. 7. Probability of Political Modifications. 8. America and France in the Future...