Word: humanitis
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...University rightly honors one who has exquisitely interpreted this part of literature. To elevate young men by speech should be the aim of a university, and this an actor knows how to do. I present to you tonight one who has inspired and elevated hundreds of thousands of human beings, Mr. Joseph Jefferson...
...that when I was a stock actor I looked upon every star as a tyrant, and when I became a star I looked upon every stock actor as a conspirator. Shakespeare invented the starring system. Hamlet, Shylock, Macbeth, Coriolanus are all stars. These plays also were written to illustrate human passions; Othello, jealousy; Macbeth, fate; Coriolanus, the autocrat; Merchant of Venice, revenge...
...studies, is meant to show what is best in the old system and what improvements may be safely added from the new. The report discusses the educational value of the five factors of study, namely: grammar, literature, mathematics, geography and history. These five branches cover the two worlds of human institutions and nature...
Temperence is not Total Abstinence. There can not be temperance in any use of something which harms the human body. Even a single glass takes the edge off the mind. Tippling saturates and deadens all the vital organs. There is always a day of reckoning, sooner or later. There is one thing that should always be borne in mind and that is Total Abstinence is easy although temperance is impossible...
...speed, precision and force, individual resourcefulness and power of cooperation, all go to make up the good player. The game is preeminently adopted to the work of building up good physique. It does not demand much brute force. It calls into use more muscles and functions of the human body than any other field game played today. Legs, arms, shoulders and chest are continually in use. It is particularly good as a lung developer. Lacrosse is admirably fitted to afford needful exercise to the average student...