Word: actions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Owing to a peculiar provision of the gift of a new building to Yale, the fence will have to be removed to make way for it. The Yale alumni and undergraduates are protesting against any such action, and last week the matter was brought before the New York alumni in a formal way, and as a result a petition to the corporation has been drawn up, protesting the proposed location of the building. Copies of this will be sent to every alumni association in the country, and the protest will be presented to the corporation at the earliest possible opportunity...
...against, will threaten the very life of the game. It is not to be rushed hurriedly against and cut out by rules whose after affect no one can measure, but it is the duty of every true foot-ball player to give his best attention at once to such action as shall confine the abuse, in order that before another season the evil shall have passed away. While it is considered at the present day an excellent play for two rushers to stand shoulder to shoulder in their line in front of their runner, and as he comes forward...
...interesting report on our first page of the change which is being aimed at in the curriculum of the English universities, we may read what has long since been believed and made the basis of action of some of our most prominent universities and colleges. It is undeniable that the modern languages are of supreme importance for men in our age of free intercourse of nations. It is also true that the modern languages have great and beautiful literatures that are well worth studying and enjoying. The classics on their part have the broader claim of being the foundation...
...great majority of mankind is ruled by the external consideration of their actions and is not impelled by internal life. Some are controlled by public opinion so that they stoop to do vile things because others do. They are simply like atoms in a mass, drops that follow the current, who do not own their own souls. They are often afraid of losing their place in society, often their "gentlemanliness" stands in place of their "manliness. In our age, culture is regarded almost entirely as intellectual. This has its dangers. The danger is that it breeds a haughty reserve...
...most disinterested kind. The results of his investigations as partially given in our article of yesterday, show that he approached the matter in detail, with the earnest purpose of suggesting real and practical improvements. The proposition that the college ought to employ a salaried official to control the actions of the steward and to keep an actual watch on the nature of the food served, in place of continuing the absolute farce of a student board of directors, meets with our heartiest approval. That this student board is of necessity a farce, no one will fail to recognize who knows...