Word: acception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hardly necessary again to call the attention of the freshman class to the fact that it has been the custom in past years to elect two editors to the CRIMSON from the entering class. We do not care to accept men who have not shown interest in contributing to our columns. As election to the board is by competition, those who feel interested in an election must manifest their interest in contributions. There is good literary ability in the freshman class, and more than one member has already shown marked capability. But that we may be able to make...
...advance the cause of daily journalism at Harvard, -just how much can be appreciated by those who have been in a position to watch their efforts to promote the interests of the CRIMSON. To them we would render our hearty thanks for their untiring labor, and from them we accept the management of the paper in the hope that "their mantle may not have fallen upon unworthy shoulders...
...prospect. The success of this conference, however, is not by any means assured. It must be kept alive by steady interest and earnest work on the part of the students. Subjects must be presented in definite forms, and thoughtful arguments and careful words of criticism advanced. Let the students accept this boon with a resolution to make the most of it, and nothing but good can follow...
Yale has been invited by the University of Pennsylvania to enter as a competitor for the Childs cup, in the place of Princeton. The Harvard race will require so much time and work from Yale that she has deemed it impossible to accept...
...comparison made. The contrast is too startling and decisive. The one disadvantage of a college man entering business is, that his age is too advanced by the time he leaves college; but this is a drawback that can be overcome, provided the man is sensible enough to accept petty duties at two and twenty, and not be above learning the rudimentary duties of business life. The failure of so many college educated men in business may be attributed to this foolish pride of age, this refusal to do what must be learned by all, young and old, who intend...