Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this means support is given at almost every university or college of which we have knowledge. Princeton has always believed in heartily supporting her representatives on the field. During the Harvard game, cheering and singing were the only methods used--both in a legitimate manner--and we cannot understand why the CRIMSON refers to them as 'systematic attempts to berattle opponents.' We do not believe in cheering as a means of berattling opponents nor is this the object in view. Cheering as a means of support, however, we firmly uphold, and we do not believe that anyone will deny...
...diamond" at a very critical point in the game, "without a protest on the part of the Harvard captain." Now it is perfectly well understood that a graduate coach has no right whatever to be on the diamond or coaching lines during a game; and I understand from one who saw the game that Princeton was guilty of a number of other discourtesies that were calculated to upset the play of the visiting team. As the CRIMSON states, there was no protest on the part of the Harvard captain, and, as there has been no protest on the part...
...successful, must know and be interested in people. The success of the preacher lies in his ability to put himself at one with his congregation; the teacher must know not so much his subject as how to open the minds of his pupils and make them understand the truth; the journalist must know public sentiment as well as facts, and the lawyer must understand his judges and juries...
...giving there monthly entertainments and smokers keep in touch with the life about the wharves. About 800 fishermen have their mail addressed to the reading-room, and from 25 to 150 men frequent it daily. Anyone who knows the peculiar temptation of the saloon for newly-landed sailors will understand the province and value of a place where these men can profitably spend their time ashore...
...citizens we appeal to the men of Harvard University to give their support to the cause of honesty and efficiency. In a crisis like the present, a citizen's first duty is to read and judge; his second, to act upon his convictions. In order that Harvard men may understand the issues now presented to the people of New York, this committee will send to the CRIMSON one hundred copies of the Citizens Union Campaign Book, in which is given an account of the work accomplished by the present administration...