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...certainly worth some risk, as are also the lessons of experience and self-denial, and the spirit of co-operation, that must be learned. In the matter of health alone I think it open to grave doubt, as to whether the men who actually take part in the most strenuous of our sports, would not be the better if the strain was somewhat less severe. This was recognized in football some years ago, when the time of play in championship games was reduced from two halves of 45 minutes each, to two halves of 35 minutes...
...from the Bible, and then spoke briefly about the life and work of the deceased. Professor Thayer, he said, was one of the few true scholars of the day. Whatever task he undertook was always thoroughly performed, and never had to be done over. His life was so manly, strenuous and truthful that he won the respect and love of all who came in contact with him. Professor Thayer's life work was the interpretation and criticism of the New Testament, a work for which he was noted throughout the Christian world. He was not only a master...
...noteworthy fact to be remembered in this connection is the age of these men. Few were more than twenty-three years old. The growing habit of spending long years in preparation for a life work is a grave error. As soon as a man or a woman can do strenuous work in the world, that will be found the best training. A course of study should only be long enough to win power; the sooner you begin to use it the better. Do not get in four years what you can get in three. Our aim in life...
...seems to promise the most happiness and serviceableness to himself and to his fellow men. He must have first of all have a body available for the uses of life. This is not indispensable but it is a good sound sign of a promising career. The power of strenuous application, of assiduous mental labor, I count the next in importance. The man who is fresh while others are tired, is sure to win an advantage in the competition of the world. Another mental trait which University life ought always to develop is independent thinking. Let a man think about...
...strenuous plea is made in behalf of sentiment. That is all very well in itself. We all want to keep up the sentiments and traditions of Harvard as far as possible. But where a traditional practice is harmful, sentiment must yield. Human slavery was once a time-honored custom; but an enlightened generation abolished it. Hazing in American colleges was once a time honored custom; but, of late, it has been almost completely suppressed. So the argument for sentiment amounts to nothing if it can be shown that the custom is a bad one. Nor is it any argument...