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...from one to a score of departments; the steady widening of the field from which it draws its students; its renunciation of a strict classical and theological training for a broad cultural education and the elective system; its gradual relaxation of Puritanical discipline; and its constant progress to a wider sphere of influence--how all this happened every Harvard man should know...
...aspects of life" belongs to "the deluded and the unhealthy" is rather supported than disproved by most of the evidence in the essay. But perhaps the author's chief purpose, as he himself suggests, was only to combat his own tendency to a narrow rationalism and to cultivate a wider intellectual sympathy. In this self-discipline he seems to have been entirely successful...
...Smoker will last about three hours and every member of the two dormitories should drop in during the course of the evening to renew old and make new acquaintances. The series of smokers will continue into the winter, and it is hoped will serve as a great stimulus to wider acquaintanceship and closer friendship among the Seniors...
...committee which has been attempting to raise funds to provide a complete system of Freshman dormitories has secured pledges agregating $1,200,000. President Lowell has been actively interested in carrying out this plan for bringing about wider mingling and closer acquaintance among the men of the University early in their college careers. The plan, which has received wide notice among Harvard men, provides for a row of buildings near the Charles River on the land now owned by the University, in which all first year men, except those living at home, will be required to live. At least...
Intercollegiate competition began in the field of athletics and produced a prevailingly healthful intercourse between Harvard and its fellow-colleges. This has gradually drawn the University from an isolated position into closer and wider relations with its neighbors. Teams in almost every branch of sport represent us against rivals, and growing out of this the musical clubs of the various colleges give joint concerts...