Word: adopts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...does not know far better than any other set of men the standing of the players in college. But in the committee's action, the college has some cause for complaint that the choice is seemingly arbitrary. We are perfectly sure that the committee is far from desiring to adopt any high-handed methods; and their good intentions are shown by the fact that, in spite of the announcement of last week, several test matches will be played...
...line of work." And this is what called you to Harvard. Elsewhere you could have obtained your education, but nowhere else could you have it crowned with the wide interests and the broad culture of a true university. It is this university culture and training which teaches you to adopt a wider course, to consider your business in a broader way, to recollect the world and to think of society. But do not misunderstand the meaning of the words "public success." Again it is the University which points out to you the difference between quality and quantity of approval; which...
...first regular step to bring out new material was made two years ago, when the tennis league was first organized. The leading players in college at that time found that if Harvard intended to make a good showing in tennis, she must adopt in this, as in other sports, some organized system of development. The tennis league was the direct outgrowth of this idea. What good it has accomplished cannot of course be measured; but it is very certain that the number of good tennis players at Harvard is greater than it has ever been before, and is still...
Yesterday afternoon the faculty met and decided by a large majority to adopt the following arrangement of hours for next year...
There are other sides of the question which come up, but those we have mentioned seem to be the principal. The faculty, we understand, is now considering the arguments for these two plans; and is very soon to decide which method they shall adopt for next year. In their vote on the question we trust they will be influenced somewhat by the opinion of the students on a matter which so nearly concerns the latter. We cannot pretend that our view on the subject is the accurate expression of the whole college; because the students have...