Word: adopting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...affects the relation between undergraduates in general and those who govern them. It is put beside several other incidents of a similar nature, and derives, in consequence, an importance which it would otherwise lack. It has been pronounced to mark a line of policy which the authorities intend to adopt - have, in fact, already adopted - towards us; and hence it has aroused the indignation of which we have spoken. Nothing can be worse for us, as a college, than bickerings between the undergraduates and the authorities, and we regret exceedingly this occurrence. The most happy issue out of it which...
...promiscuous contests at Saratoga, the balky, unmanageable Rowing Association, will not have been wholly useless, if because of the dissatisfaction they have caused, we are led to adopt, permanently, the English method of a four-mile race in an eight-oared boat steered by a coxswain. It looks now as if our boating men would, after this year, never engage in any other kind of a contest. This state of affairs necessarily causes a revolution in the training of our University crew. The revolution has already begun, and great care should be taken at the outset to establish a high...
There are two methods of education which an institution of learning may adopt. It can either assist zealous students in attaining an education, or it can undertake to educate all who choose to come to it. In the latter case the education can never be thorough, but it may be useful; in many cases more useful than an education in itself more perfect but less adapted to the needs of the person possessing it. But an institution established for this purpose must adapt its regulations to its ends. Men who come to college to be educated expect the college...
...College Argus, in a moment of inspiration, suggests that Wesleyan adopt for a cheer "Amen! Amen! Amen...
...therefore, rests the final decision of this important question, and we are confident that the committee will be influenced by no uneasy desire for a change, but will decide according to the best interests of Harvard. The meeting last night from beginning to end showed a strong desire to adopt whatever course was most honorable for the College, and the discussion was carried on in a frank and generous manner...