Word: wisdom
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reputation of the preachers who come to conduct them. No church accessible to the students maintains higher standards of worship and instruction. The change has been made in the interest of the students, and those who are in charge of the services will look for proof of the wisdom of the change in an increased attendance...
...eminently fitting that these keys should be delivered to your hands (addressing the Dean of the Dental School) for it is by the effort, the earnest faith and the conscientious work of yourself and your colleagues that these buildings have been erected, and it is by your wisdom, sir, that they will be made an ever-increasing source of usefulness to the community...
...play ends. It is original, and masterfully done. The Club is to be congratulated on its wisdom in selecting this work of a graduate rather than attempting to present a play by an undergraduate which would, of necessity, be vastly inferior. The purpose of the Dramatic Club is to give good plays by Harvard men, be they in College or out. This purpose could not be better fulfilled than in the selection of Mr. MacKaye's "Scarecrow...
...office to which the governing boards have chosen me. You have charged me with a trust, second in importance to no other, for the education of American youth, and therefore for the intellectual and moral welfare of our country. I pray that I may be granted the wisdom, the strength and the patience which are needed in no common measure; that Harvard may stand in the future, as she has stood under the long line of my predecessors, for the development of true manhood, and for the advancement of sound learning; and that her sons may go forth with...
...forced to admit that we cannot see the wisdom of such a ruling. If a man is so fortunately equipped that he can play on some team throughout the year and still keep up his college standing, he should be allowed to do so. As soon as it appears that he is neglecting his studies, he can immediately be prevented from taking part in athletics. We do not believe that a man's enforced abstinence from University sport during a season will increase his desire to work, but rather that an athlete constantly training will make sure that his record...