Word: self
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...strong men of the nation tomorrow, the strong men of the college tomorrow will all want to be prize winners. When that consummation is reached, and not until then, will intellectual ambition and life come to its own as the dominant element in a university of free and self-directing students, anxious to prepare themselves for the citizenship of a free and self-directing state...
What would be the objection to giving the Filipinos their liberty? Admiral Dewey stated that he believed them more capable of self-government than the Cubans, and yet we gave the latter practically complete freedom. Unless we do follow this plan they are likely to fight for their liberty, as has happened often before. Thus we first submitted to England and ended by gaining our liberty, although we were then but a small and weak country. The other great colonizing power of the world, England, has given Egypt a form of self-government. This is our duty; the longer...
...spent himself and his powers, without stint and without thought of self, for the welfare of Harvard, which he loved as if he had been one of her own sons; no demand upon his time seemed inopportune; no appeal to his sympathies failed to meet with a quick and generous response. He was a doer of things that make the heart glad, and the number of his kindnesses is known only to the many whom he has helped in word and deed. He felt happy in doing many things, for his loyalty of service had no taint of partiality...
...Yale football game must reach the Athletic Office before 6 o'clock today. A large stamped envelope must accompany each application. Stamps to the extent of 12 cents must be put on this envelope, as tickets will be sent only by registered mail. Each applicant must also enclose a self-addressed postal for the acknowledgement of his application. Seats will be assigned by lot. The management cannot answer communications requesting a change of seats, and reserves the right to reject any application not complying with the above regulations. Each application must be accompanied by a check or money-order covering...
...Lincoln Steffens, author of "The Shame of the Cities," and "The Struggle for Self Government," will speak in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock, on the subject of "Politics, the Game." His lecture will show how the rules of "the game" are changing...