Word: selfishness
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...university established twenty-three years before Harvard was in existence. Still, when our entire nation's acquaintance with Spanish America is slight, and when the University possibly ranks no better than fourth among American institutions in its southern influence, our broad considerations are backed up by some selfish desire to take the lead...
...more frank interest in each other. The native student would gain a broadened view; he would also be in the not unprofitable and certainly very agreeable position after graduation of having acquaintanceships with men, some of whom will rise to prominence, in foreign lands. This is a selfish reason. A consideration of the situation the American would be in if he were studying in Berlin may suggest unselfish ones. The foreigner himself would, of course, gain a better knowledge of Americans, and he would return to Europe a true friend of the University...
...interpretation of the outcast Miriam is an unusually moving one. Her change from a "street walker" to a "mistress," is excellently portrayed, and throughout the piece she acts her difficult part with considerable eloquence and power. As Geoffrey, David Powell was admirable in the role of a shallow, selfish man. The Hugh, of Warburton Gamble, and the Tony of J. Woodall Birde, were both thoroughly convincing parts. Miss Gillian Scaife, as the insipid Valentine, gave a delightfully pleasant impersonation of a thoroughly unpleasant woman...
Where are the books in the reading rooms going? Faster and faster the volumes of prescribed reading are disappearing from the shelves in Massachusetts Hall. It is useless to preach here upon the pettiness of such theft; the men who are selfish enough and small enough to purloin the books are beyond the reach of exhortation. But in the interests of the Library and of future students in these courses, the kleptomaniacs are asked to return them, at least after the examinations for which they were borrowed are over. Undoubtedly the library authorities will receive them thankfully with "no questions...
...undergraduate world, and many will undoubtedly take advantage of this last public opportunity to honor athletes who thoroughly deserve all praise. Now, there are a number of ways of doing honor to our team, and one of the most objectionable ones is, so to speak, eating to them. The selfish way of loking at this dinner is not the spirit in which the football team went into its great game this fall, and we believe that it will appreciate least an over-exuberant reception. Healthy pride leads to healthy praise, which should never be made insincere by violent lapses into...