Word: allowances
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...HAVE noticed with regret the dissension in the present Senior class in regard to the class elections; but, as far as my observation will allow me to judge, there is little probability of an arrangement satisfactory to all parties concerned. And it seems to me that some radical change in the character of the ceremonies attendant upon graduation has become almost necessary...
...regulation that seems to me unnecessary. I do not propose that Seniors should have three courses instead of four required of them. Some number must be prescribed, and perhaps, in most cases, four is none too many. But the regulation should be made elastic, so to speak. It should allow discrimination in particular cases, making a special regulation, if necessary, in each case. The Senior with four electives is required to have an average of fifty per cent on them all at the end of the year. This does not imply thorough work; and if any one desires to take...
DEAR JACK, - I am sorry to find that you are like ordinary men. You find your allowance too small. The only consolation that I can offer, is the fact that the Rothschilds are said to complain occasionally that their income does not permit them to undertake certain gigantic schemes which from time to time attract them. Consolation of a more tangible sort is out of the question. Your allowance is quite as large as the family means will allow; so, during the course of the year, you will probably have to go through a good deal of pecuniary tribulation...
...fashion is not apt to be popular. Now, very unfortunately, study is horribly out of fashion; and if you want to command the regard of your Freshman classmates, you must endeavor to make them believe that you only work when you have nothing better to do. You must never allow yourself to openly sacrifice pleasure to duty. The truth is, that any American is provoked by the presence of a person who is in any way his superior; and if you hint to your classmates that you are walking away from them on the rank-list, they will take good...
...cannot deny this externality of living. The talk and the writings of the College show it. Witness the imbecilities of men brought up apparently on moral pap. Their gentle nature shudders at the thought of the disgrace of being watched by proctors, and yet does not hesitate to allow this watchfulness to justify them in a deception and a lie. The poor creatures know no better, for they have no sovereign standard of conduct within themselves. But imagine the discomfort the tender souls will meet with in the world, where the existence of policemen and penitentiaries will be a constant...