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...form of four yearly payments, is within the ability of most men. Much self-sacrifice has been shown on the part of those who have already subscribed. From the few men already approached there have been a number of $100 subscriptions. This implies a great deal of denial and foresight for some men; but it would be hard to find an object more worthy of a student's self-sacrificing gift. In this case it is also true that those who subscribe immediately, subscribe doubly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Canvass for the Proposed Religious Building. | 5/3/1892 | See Source »

Wherever Comenius went, in whatever countries he established his schools, he first tried to bring about the thorough study of the mother tongue. On this he laid the greatest stress and with what foresight and judgement we can best determine by the attitude taken at present by the leading universities, among which we can with pride and justice place Harvard among the first to take up this idea and present it in its modern form...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/4/1892 | See Source »

...they have made the rule concerning bicycling very detailed. In fact, although it is all but impossible to prevent misunderstandings in our athletic meetings of any importance, yet such misunderstandings can hardly arise through an ambiguity or vagueness in these rules, which have been framed with much care and foresight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conditions Governing the Harvard-Yale Contests for the Track Athletic Cup. | 5/11/1891 | See Source »

...Advocate, which was issued yesterday is notice-able for the excellence and vigor of its editorials, particularly those treating of the recent resolution of the Board of Overseers calling for information in regard to the system of voluntary attendance at chapel service and at lectures. The lack of foresight manifested by the Overseers is justly criticized and the injury likely to result from this indirect attack upon Harvard's present methods is clearly appreciated. We wish to commend also the editorial upon the now celebrated article in the North American. No tendency is shown to hide the evil that exists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 11/13/1888 | See Source »

Nearly three hundred men boarded the train at the Old Colony Depot on Wednesday evening last, bound for New York by the steamer "Pilgrim" of the Fall River Line. Four or five cars were specially reserved for the men through the foresight and care of Mr. Palmer, and they were speedily packed with as jolly a crew as ever went forth from these classic halls to discomfort Yale and back their alma mater. As the train moved out of the depot, cheer after cheer went up from every voice, the manly basses of the upper-classmen being occasionally interspersed with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Board the "Pilgrim." | 11/30/1887 | See Source »

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