Word: scholarly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...attacking large problems. Students too often begin with low ideals and try to attain greater ones, whereas the reverse should be the rule to follow. In their studies, students are inclined to wait for their instructors to tell them how and why to do their work. "The true scholar," said President Lowell, "does not wait for a Professor to come along with a lantern and show him the way. He simply breaks right in without delay, and gets what...
...American business and American politics. In your later writing you have a similar understanding of the conditions that govern the business and politics of the world. As a member of the Harvard Faculty you have shown practical efficiency in grappling with educational problems. As a teacher and as a scholar you have stood for the highest ideals of scholarly form and scientific method. To all of us, whatever our calling, your presence in this place of honor gives assurance of co-operation in working out the problems of today and inspiration in conceiving and shaping those of tomorrow...
Joseph Bedier, delegate from the College de France; a scholar who adds lustre to a famous chair; a Frenchman, inspired by the literary splendors of his country, who has illuminated the origins of French romance...
Edward Parmelee Morris, a delegate from Yale, our next of kin among American universities; a leader in her academic counsels; a master of early Latin, and of the significance of the Roman tongue; a classical scholar, learned and original...
Henry Pratt Judson, a scholar in law and in political science; President of the University of Chicago, which escaped the pains and perils of youth, and was born, fully equipped, into the fellowship of great universities...