Word: asserting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were only like those of the Medes and Persians, we should not be continually bothered by these infantile pests. Why cannot something be done, either by the Athletic or the Foot-Ball Association, to put a stop to the nuisance? It seems strange, indeed, that Harvard students cannot assert their rights even in the face of so strong an opposition as that of the almighty and omnipresent Cambridge mucker...
There is no escaping the fact that our failure in intercollegiate athletics is largely due to a morbid and unhealthy cynicism prevailing here-a cynicism that represses individuality. self-assertion, and even enthusiasm. No one admires more than myself the quality of "self-conceitedness"- if I may use the term-that is fostered here. But I protest against the extreme to which the culture of the conventional and the worship of the proper is carried in this University. It is true the Harvard man of to-day has admirable tact, a useful amount of self-possession, and a praiseworthy respect...
...Chicago thought the blood of the murdered policemen called for vengeance. They only meant to forestall a change in the present social state of things, and we must beware of making martyrs of them by persecution. The hope was expressed that the Anglo-Saxon love of fair play would assert itself...
...firmly established its footing in the literary world of the university. It must be very gratifying to the gentlemen who have carried on the paper since the departure from college of those who formed it, that the latter's expectations have been fully realized. No one would to-day assert that the Monthly is superfluous, and everyone feels the elevating influence it has had on the rest of serious college journalism. This year gives promise of work that will be in no way below the high standard o excellence which this magazine ha hitherto upheld...
...honorable course open to them and accept the challenge. If the course is proved unsuitable, then the matter is decided once for all. There are many men amongst us who think that it is undesirable to have another yearly contest with Yale. We have, perhaps, enough already. But to assert as a reason for refusal that such a contest will give Yale the same advantages which we have, is to cast reflections upon the ability of our 'Varsity teams to cope with those of Yale on fair and equal terms, and is unworthy of Harvard men. The matter hinges...