Word: minds
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...addition to the meetings mentioned there was a barbecue at the Country Club this afternoon. But the striking feature of the whole meeting was the perfectly unanimous sense of approval, by all present, of President Lowell in every particular. This fact cannot but have impressed itself on his mind and will doubtless be a great inspiration to him just at this time when there are pressing upon him the responsibilities of the great office to which he has been elected
...with only one subject, and hardly able to conceive of one individual who apparently knows a good deal about everything in this world. On municipal government he is recognized everywhere as an authority, and on the other great questions of the world his ideas always carry great weight. The mind which can grasp these matters has been used with equal force on questions of University life. We have often heard his views on athletics, the dormitory problem, three-year graduation and other subjects of interest of Harvard men, and although we have sometimes disagreed with his ideas, we have always...
...Misanthrope" the mental process by which Alceste becomes a cynic is that which took place in Moliere's mind. Disappointments at court, failing health and the character of Alceste itself produced general cynicism. Here the dramatist scores the court excesses and attacks society at large...
...that no better record is made in the intercollegiate meets. But the Athletic Committee apparently feels that the general interest in fencing is not great enough to warrant paying the expenses, and until there is a material change from the prevailing conditions, it will probably not change its mind...
...Court of St. James made to him at an interview with President Taft in the Blue Room of the White House on Wednesday. It is the belief of Secretary Knox and Senator Lodge that President Eliot's declination is final, and that he cannot be induced to change his mind. He showed that he was retiring from the presidency of Harvard in order to relieve himself of responsible duties and that, although the honor conferred by such a position might be great, he was not disposed to undertake new responsibilities which might not be agreeable to him. Although President Eliot...