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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Bookman -- "Love's Waiting Time" (poem), by Curtis Hidden Page...
...discussed at length the function of religion in social development, maintaining that religion as a moral and conservative force is an aid to progress Science and religion, he said, sprang originally from the same sources in human nature, the desire to know, and the desire to find the hidden causes of things. The wonder excited by the contemplation of the unexplainable realities of experience, the belief in an eternal source of energy and life, reverence for the past all tend to strengthen one's faith in an ideal which makes rational moral action attractive...
Under present conditions the students of Harvard are obliged to see outsiders who have bought their tickets from speculators seated in good seats, while the officers of instruction and administrators of their Alma Mater, the men who make Harvard an institution worth going to and worthy cheering for are hidden away in remote corners. The present arrangement is not true to higher principles, is humiliating to Harvard, and at variance with collegiate sport. Unless we adhere to these principles, I admit that the athletic contests are not collegiate contests at all, but professional games carried on by a society...
...stands surrounding the field filled slowly and at 2 p.m, the time fixed for starting the game, there were 12,000 persons present. The sun was hidden by clouds which made the day a little raw. The Harvard squad came on the field at 1.55 and were loudly cheered. Three minutes later Pennsylvania appeared on the field and were also given a fine ovation...