Word: learn
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...justice to the men who have no lockers in the gymnasium it is but right to say a word against the habit which some men have, of obtaining lockers with no intention of using them. There is, we are sorry to learn, a large number of such men. The lockers which they have obtained they make not the slightest use of, and their advantages are entirely lost. We would urge, therefore, the men who are in possession of lockers which they never utilize to surrender them to men who are in actual and daily need of them...
...hard to say-a lively jerk at the beginning of the stroke seems essential. Of course it is absolutely necessary to keep the back straight and keep up a strong feeling of expectancy. Tallant and Hale are promising new men for the crew but they have much to learn in the way of rowing. Fitzhugh, Blanchard and Bass are also new candidates. The first two are now rowing on the 'varsity but are clumsy and are only likely to get into form with careful coaching. Several of last year's crew will no doubt row again, but all, with...
...entertainment descriptive of Norwegian life, to be given Thursday afternoon, January 30, at the Boston Theatre, in aid of the Charity Club Free Hospital for Women, of which Mrs. Robert Treat Paine is one of the directors. Harvard men who would be willing to act in this capacity may learn full particulars by calling at Hayden's the customer, on Washington street, any afternoon this week...
James Russell Lowell then delivered an address, saying that Harvard was founded to perpetuate sound learning, chiefly through the three languages, Hebrew, Greek and Latin. This tradition long held so strong a sway that the language was considered to vouch for good literature, and men forgot that it is the thought, not the language that makes a writer immortal. Now men have come to realize the value of knowing other languages, not only on account of its use in teaching us the true meaning of our own words, but the training in style we gain from reading more writers...