Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that if the men will sit farther forward it will not only make it much easier to address them, but is will also infuse an air of greater cordiality into the reception accorded to the clergymen who come to us as strangers. The attention may seem trivial but we think it would be appreciated...
...regard to the proposed University Club, I think that a mass meeting of the whole student body would put the matter on a firmer standing than would any of the plans which have been suggested. As far as I know the feeling of the students and the graduates, too, is almost unanimous in favor of some such scheme as the University Club, as a means of knitting together the various interests of Harvard men, and therefore, the meeting would undoubtedly be well attended. Furthermore a large meeting of undergraduates would be far more enthusiastic and would most likely produce greater...
...students at the University who are Episcopalians will send to me their names and addresses, I shall gladly send them an invitation that I think they will be pleased to accept...
...still think that the best use that can be found for funds at the disposal of the University for such purposes, is to devote them to the central club, on the principle of concentrating the energy in a single improvement which will benefit every one instead of a few. We do not wish, however, to attack any plans taken up by the religious societies. Their work pursues a high purpose, and lends a peculiar dignity to undergraduate life by its sincerity and lack of ostentation. It is, then, not in disparagement of the Brooks Memorial, and those whom...
...seems to us eminently proper that supporters of the Brooks Memorial should take this opportunity of rendering valuable assistance to the general cause. It will be as easy to connect the name of Phillips Brooks with a University Club as with the small house proposed, and we venture to think that the large aims of the general club would have met with special favor in his eyes...