Word: things
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...Harvard, in the last twenty years, of the choice of an unsuitable captain mainly because he was popular--'a good fellow,' so to speak--one whom every one liked. It is a great mistake. She has made it conspicuously on two occasions, but it is written down that that thing must not happen again. If one can generalize about this question of choosing a captain, I should say that Harvard has chosen her captains for their popularity or personal playing ability. Yale has looked almost wholly at football fibre and leadership. Yale is right, in my opinion. The third factor...
...communications bring to light many points which, without this publicity, would never receive a much needed general discussion. Secondly, in many cases it is only by this means that a satisfactory solution for a problem of universal interest can be discovered. And finally discussion in itself is an excellent thing in a college community...
That the Council's end should have come in just this way is indeed regrettable, but that the body as it was constituted should have dissolved is probably a good thing...
...thing particularly should be clearly understood,--that the underlying purpose of the new rules was to minimize the element of danger in the game. To this purpose the committee adhered throughout all its work, and it should be commended for its single-minded efforts in this direction...
...important article in the June number of the Graduates' Magazine is President Eliot's account of the late Alexander Agassiz. It is a memorable thing to learn of the life of a remarkable man from the lips of a still more remarkable friend of his. Even those who never knew Professor Agassiz are made to feel his extraordinary energy, his singleness of purpose, and his devotion to the cause of scientific truth. His life, one of the most completely successful in the annals of Harvard or indeed of this country, is a permanent source of inspiration and encouragement...