The Alumni Bulletin

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The University, 1910
 

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Página 16 - Work; it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly Gentleman and a lover of Learning, there living amongst us) to give the one halfe of his Estate (it being in all about ^1700) towards the erecting of a Colledge, and all his Library...
Página 233 - Report, under government leadership, a comprehensive plan for an exhaustive study or survey of all the conditions that surround the business of farming and the people who live in the country, in order to take stock of our resources and to supply the farmer with local knowledge.
Página 237 - The blood of old ploughmen runs hard in my arm Of axmen and yeomen and battlemen all Who fought and who flinched not by marish and wall Who met the bold day and chased ev'ry alarm; My father-kind sleep, but I -hear the old call And fight the hot battle by forge and by farm: — For...
Página 474 - Resolved, That in all future written examinations for distinction and other honors of the University, each candidate shall attach to the written answers presented by him, on such examination, a certificate in the following words: 'I, AB, do hereby certify on honor, that I have derived no assistance during the time of this examination from any source whatever, whether oral or written or in print, in giving the above answers.
Página 240 - Upon the development of country life rests ultimately our ability, by methods of farming requiring the highest intelligence, to continue to feed and clothe the hungry nations; to supply the city with fresh blood, clean bodies, and clear brains that can endure the terrific strain of modern life; we need the development of men in the open country, who will be in the future, as in the past, the stay and strength of the Nation in time of war, and its guiding and controlling spirit in time of peace.
Página 149 - To be at home in all lands and all ages; to count Nature a familiar acquaintance, and art an intimate friend; to gain a standard for the appreciation of other men's work and the criticism of one's own; to carry the keys of the world's library in one's pocket, and feel its resources behind one in whatever task...
Página 149 - ... and cooperate with others for common ends ; to learn manners from students who are gentlemen, and form character under professors who are Christians, — this is the offer of the college for the best four years of your life.
Página 234 - We urge the holding of local, state and even national conferences on rural progress, designed to unite the interests of education, organization and religion into one forward movement for the rebuilding of country life. Rural teachers, librarians, clergymen, editors, physicians and others may well unite with farmers in studying and discussing the rural question in all its aspects. We must in some way unite all institutions, all organizations, all individuals, having any interest in country life into...
Página 175 - And truly, though I have picked up the elements of a little further knowledge — in mathematics, meteorology, and the like, in after life, — and owe not a little to the teaching of many people, this maternal installation of my mind in that property of chapters I count very confidently the most precious, and, on the whole, the one essential part of all my education.
Página 15 - The Centipede was happy quite, Until the Toad in fun Said, "Pray which leg goes after which?

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