Word: americans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Many of the contributors to this volume are among the founders of the American school of vers de societe, and have been known as such in their contributions to the Century and Life, and the other leading American periodicals, and in the several volumes of their own verses which have been received with favor...
...leading toward the larger life of the university of the future. Columbia, while not opening her doors freely to women, has been among the first to grant either sex alike, official recognition of deserving merit; Princeton, in endeavoring to abolish the foolish hazing typical of the younger years of American colleges, has now tackled vigorously the subject of student conference, which has been so successful with us in opening the way for larger and lasting reforms in university government; Yale has now begun open struggle with the so-called "Prayer" question...
...seems to us that Yale has the hardest victory to win, as well as the one most worth the winning. Yale was founded in a spirit of religious sectarianism, if not intollerance, and it must be difficult for her to meet even half way the growing need of American collegiate life, chief among which, of course, is freedom of religious thought. But the demand must be met, or the college must acknowledge herself defeated. This, we are sure, will not be permitted by her undergraduate spirit of pluck and pride...
...there is one pitfall that we hope our old friend and rival will avoid, though in regard to the undergraduate feeling we have no fear, - there exists, we are compelled to believe, among American colleges, a fear of being suspected of desiring to imitate other colleges. Especially is this true with regard to the attitude assumed towards Harvard. This must always be the feeling towards all innovators, - and Harvard has certainly introduced many innovations of late years into her collegiate life. Therefore, while deprecating such a feeling toward us, we should like to point at one as a possible danger...
...signified his intention of resting not a whit until the remainder of the amount is assured. The school already has four professors, two in Art proper, one in free-hand drawing and one in Archaeology. It is al ready rich in collections, possessing the "Sheldon Jackson collection of North American antiquities," the "Van Sennep collection of Greek terra cotta heads," the Maimon collection of Assyrian gems. Many examples of Mexican and Peruvian pottery and other collections of minor importance. In addition the Trumbull-Prime collection of pottery and porcelain, of New York, is awaiting its reception...