Word: attract
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...possible in such courses as sophomore and junior themes. There are not many men who would be guilty of such an act, and in any case such men are not the ones who are much benefited by their sojourn at Harvard, nor the ones whom the college wishes to attract. The real burden would come on the instructors, especially in the popular courses, for a system of monthly theses would entail a tremendous amount of work, although it would be lightened by the fact that the general impression produced by a thesis would be sufficient to determine the grade...
...that we have been doing, and can do such good work in the department of Political Economy cannot fail to draw students here. The subject has of late been demanding much attention every-where. Accordingly, the lead which Harvard takes in discussing the important questions on the topic must attract many who are believers in the New Education...
...when that attention is in the paths of trade. A man of influence cannot fail to exhibit that refinement even in business. The truth of this is found in the patronage which the more artistic merchants receive from the students of Harvard. A merchant who directs his business to attract as well as satisfy his customers will always find a ready appreciation of his efforts. We have at last the ideal realized in Mr. Beckhard's palatial store under the extension of Parker's on Tremont Street. The most refined taste has been expended in the presentation of his business...
There has been much complaint lately of unnecessary noises in the college dormitories. While these noises have not been so great as to attract the attention of proctors, they have been sufficient to disturb more than one man whose mind, for the moment, was bent on "grinding." It is not very soothing to the nerves to hear a wrestling match going on over one's head; to hear a long struggle, as indicated by the falling of chairs and tables, and then to know, from an awful thud and a jar which almost shakes the globes from the chandeliers, that...
...deep in their studies. Both mind and body will soon be engaged, the former in the intellectual and the latter in the physical. It is but natural to expect that the more intellectual arts and sciences will be absorbed in unobtrusive silence, and that their achievement will not attract any notable share of public attention, and that base-ball and boat racing will be studied with a fervor which cannot but trumpet the accomplishments of their classic followers to the notice and admiration of an expectant world. Local pride leans more kindly toward the victories of brawn than towards those...