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...Horatio M. Reynolds, another member of the faculty, is quoted as saying that President Eliot's criticism seems to suggest reading of exaggerated accounts, rather than personal observation...
...might be said that a protest against the name would have come in better grace before, rather than after the defeat by Brown. We do not think so. The University at large cares very little about the name of a scrub team so long as it limits itself to playing unimportant teams. But when a few men who call themselves the University team play against the accredited representatives of another college and the impression is given to the public that the contest is between the two colleges, the University has a right to demand that the team which bears...
...field of medicine. Just as now surgeons accomplish what was unheard of a few years ago, so it is possible that within a few years medicine may be able to stop the ravages of contagious diseases. The principle is not that of fighting the effects of disease, but rather that of making people strong and able to stand against it. This is done by a sort of contagion from people who are able to withstand all attacks of disease...
...being tempted because they can resist temptation. Pure, strong men then may have a great influence. They may really cure sick or feeble souls. The moral strength of the college does not depend on the extermination of evil here. That is not to be hoped for. It depends rather on the number of strong men who can face tempation and resist...
...subject from the story of Jesus washing His disciples' feet. He said: Some people have very peculiar ideas of humility. It seems to some that to be humble is constantly to disparage one's self, to deny any good quality or talent that one may possess; but this is rather dishonesty than humility...