Word: acte
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wished that we were not altogether such a big, unwieldy body, that we might get speedily out of sight. Now, each student who watched us, if he had met us personally, would, we are sure, have had the manners of a gentleman; but, taken together, they certainly did not act as hosts are supposed to act toward guests. We wonder if it is too much to ask that girls in a body should be treated with the same courtesy that would be shown to individuals...
...which they live." The writer also takes into consideration a few of the advantages a smaller town offers to students. "That which has always carried the greatest weight with me is the closer life into which students are brought by a college in an isolated situation. Young men act and re-act upon each other. They stimulate each other. They relentlessly pursue, and they most effectually rub off eccentricities of action and of character. They exercise great moral influence upon each other. If a high standard of morals exists on the part of leaders, great benefit results to all others...
...solicited as "a rebuke to Harvard." It is also said that President Bartlett of Dartmouth has promised Governor Butler that "he shall have the degree." We can see no other ground why Dartmouth should give the degree than the one named. It would be a peculiarly gracious act...
...class, heartily welcome any who have not felt able to subscribe to the class funds. Those who feel able to give, however little, are reminded that the success of enterprises of the class is dependent on the interest of its members. Mr. Grandgent has kindly consented to act as toastmaster, and Mr. Dorr as chorister...
...time to foster high scholarship, but to develop the capabilities of every grade of students, to encourage, not stamp upon, the dull, stimulate the idle, fit even the most stupid for the humble place that he will hold. The faculty and college that soonest recognize this fact and act upon it will not only command the gratitude of parents but will do the best and most effective work for the country. It is not cloisters or shades of lettered ease like Oxford and Cambridge that the masses of the United States want for the next fifty years so much...