Word: beginning
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...President's opinion is probably shared by the majority of those who are interested in the subject. But whether it is a good thing to reduce the age of these entering classes below eighteen is an open question and there are many and strong arguments against doing so. To begin with, a man gets more good from a university education if he is somewhat matured when he enters. He takes life more seriously than the boy of seventeen. He feels the obligations that he is under, and he approaches his work with earnestness of purpose, and is quick...
...does not help the man who intends to enter a profession to begin his college course at the age of seventeen, for it has frequently been proved that the man who begins to practice his profession at twenty-three gains no advantage over the man who begins active work at twenty-six. The world shuns the very young practitioner, and turns to the older man, even though he has no greater experience or skill. The young man does not find the positions open to him today that the young man of twenty years ago did. The places are now being...
...high and low hurdle men have not taken much share in these games, but nevertheless those who are able are working in the Gymnasium until they can get outdoor practice. As soon as the weather permits, the pole-vaulting squad, which has been discontinued for some time, will begin work again. Hoyt, who holds the Harvard record of 11 ft. 2 3/4 in., Hallowell and Emmons who have both done better than 10 feet, Sherwin and Dole, point winners in interscholastic meetings, are the most promising men for this event...
Week-day morning prayers begin at 8.45 a. m. No seats are reserved...
...with the 'varsity squad so that he will not be available for his class crew. Of the two remaining men composing last year's eight, Mann has left college and Captain Forbes has been so busy coaching that he has not rowed at all as yet, but will begin soon...