Word: moralizing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...deliberations of this Faculty he bore an active part and worthily represented the cause of the humanities to which his enlightening instruction gave a position of unique distinction. He gave his hearty support to measures directed to the moral well-being of the students. He was an earnest advocate of his convictions, and steadfastly loyal to his ideals; nor did the unpopularity of any policy cause him to abate his ardor in its defense. His intellectual, as his personal, sympathies were wide. His glad recognition and generous encouragement of merit endeared him to workers in many fields...
...rather than of expectation, in which we may fairly acknowledge the benefits we receive as University men. Without this day of appreciation we are all too likely to pass over our special privileges,--the association with men of high standards, the claim to noble tradition, the opportunities for sound moral and mental development, and assume as no more than our deserts the favors which the University bestows. But these favors are so varied and the sources from which they arise so numerous, that we cannot always be blind to them, and it is well that we have this occasion...
...teacher of the History of the Fine Arts in Harvard University Professor Norton strove, by directing attention to the finest historic monuments, to awaken an appreciation of the nature and worth of beauty, and to show that the greatest artistic achievements of past times have borne witness to what moral integrity and exalted ideals have entered into the make-up of peoples endowed with natural artistic aptitudes...
...Faculty, through which the modern Harvard has been gradually evolved, he brought the steadying influence of a mind free from provinciality, an acquaintance with the best the world elsewhere has known, a spirit averse to mechanical methods, a loyalty to high ideals, and a disposition ever to make the moral being of the students his prime care. While his colleagues often felt that what he urged required supplementation, or even occasional antagonism, his simplicity, sweetness, and generosity won their affection as truly as his learning did their respect. To him many a young instructor has turned in a literary...
...tendency to shy at any object or being associated with Brooks House is no longer evident. The reason is that men have been made to appreciate the value of the work undertaken there and the necessity of its being carried forward in our community as it is in all moral and progressive societies, with the result that men of all types and interests, of position and influence, have been glad to lend a hand...