Word: sober
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...deny that exceptional cases may arise, but we ask our opponents to answer this question: Where in the Cabinet system is there opportunity equal to that given by the Congressional system for the sober second thought of the people to assert itself...
...history of the University's development and the nature of its present organization and to appreciate the services of those who have contributed largely to its present prosperity. It is through the possession of a large body of graduates, whose loyal attachment as graduates is strengthened by a sober understanding of the actual conditions and needs of the University, that Harvard's continued development in the future is assured...
...processes which lead to literary or scientific success, or can feel with him who wins it all the eager joy of victory. It is difficult to appreciate and generally impossible to grow enthusiastic over the competition in which the brain prevails. We believe, however, that even now the sober praise which Harvard men never deny to scholarly ability is far more significant than the lavish commendation which they so recklessly bestow on the favored athlete. The latter is an affair of the moment, called forth by an enthusiasm which passes away with its immediate cause; the former will last...
...existing system of awarding scholarships is not satisfactory. An effort will be made next year to inquire more diligently into the needs of applicants, and this reform is plainly right. Far more important reforms are, however, needed. The system, as it is established, is on the whole well executed; sober complaint is made not against the execution of the system but rather against the system itself...
...rules for athletics which went into effect on Monday will deprive our teams of some of their best men, but sober college opinion will realize, in spite of this, that they are for the best interest of the University. They will purify athletics without reducing them to a strictly undergraduate basis. Not only will they purify athletics but they will place restrictions on them which will keep them within bounds. It cannot be denied that there is an athletic craze today, a craze which quite outruns sober thought on the scholarly side of college life. Athletes themselves are too willing...