Word: scholarly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Colonel Sir Walter Lawrence was educated at Cheltenham College and Balliol College, Oxford. As a scholar he is widely known for his book, "The Valley of Kashmir," which is the standard work on that country and is based upon the author's experience as reorganizer of the state of Kashmir...
...clock. Mr. Lawrence has been in this country for over a year, and during this time he has delivered many lectures at the larger universities, nearly always speaking on some phase of the life or works of Shakespeare. He is an Englishman by birth and a prominent scholar in that country, having done much to contribute to the general knowledge in regard to the Elizabethan stage settings and theatres. As an authority on the literature and theatricals of that period, he is highly regarded in Europe and America...
...invitation of the Department of English. An English man by birth, Mr. Lawrence has spent most of his time in England. He has been in this country for over a year, during which time he has delivered many lectures on Shakespeare at the larger universities. As an English scholar, he has done much to contribute to the knowledge of the stage settings and theatres of the Elizabethan time, and is regarded everywhere as an authority on the literature and theatricals of that period...
...penalty for not paying is a tempting one for the tired scholar. Though the use of Hemenway Gymnasium is forbidden there are rewards. The bankrupt student may not go to recitations or to the Stadium (thus exempting him from drill) and so days of long sleep and no work are within his grasp. In spite of these visions of a paradise at Cambridge we advise paying up at any cost for the arm of the Dean is long and the days of rest would precede months of hard labor. Our watch-ery today must be: On, on to Dane Hall...
Intellectual achievement is the one qualification for election to the Society, it is the reward for conscientious labor and for work well done. What the "H" is to the athlete, the Phi Beta Kappa key is to the scholar. Of the two the latter is the greater achievement, as comparatively few men go out for athletics whereas the entire University is eligible to this intellectual Society. The Phi Beta Kappa man wins his laurels by long hours in the Library, by hard, ceaseless labor. He is in training for three and four long years and his honor comes...