Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...disagreeable to him.- (3) The presence of graduate workers acts as a constant incentive to him.- (4) He is stimulated by more sympathetic intercourse with his instructors.- (b) It leads to "Emancipation of Thought"; Educational Review, IV, 366; VII, 313 fg.; Graduates' Magazine II, 468.- (1) It tends to break down conventional dogma.- (2) It accustoms the student to think for himself.- (c) It increases the student's self-reliance and self-respect: Educational Review, VII, 26, 325; Graduates' Magazine, II, 468; Harvard Monthly, XV, 93; Four American Universities, 17 fg.- (1) It throws him upon his own resources...
...Tennessee. Here he awaited the arrival of Buell with strong re-enforcements. The position was easy to defend, and favored further advance. Johnson saw the opportunity and tried to surprise Grant on April 5. But he arrived late at night and had to wait till morning. At day-break he made a furious attack, massing 40,000 men on the Union left, the only exposed point. Again Grant was absent...
Yale is unable to resist the temptation to be a little proud of the outcome of its debate with Princeton. This is not on account of the merits of this special debate or the excellence of Yale's work, but the first break in a long succession of defeats is always welcome. The Yale men acquitted themselves honorably and the Union has an excellent reserve force of as good or better speakers for future meetings. The growing interest in debating and especially in extemporaneous debating is shown by the establishment of a series of joint eating-club debates...
...very successful hare and hound run. The two hares, Ingraham '96 and Foote '97, started from in front of the Carey Building at 3.51 p. m., and made their trail by way of Fresh Pond to Belmont Station, thence towards Watertown and return by way of Mt. Auburn. The break was made near the Lowell Mansion on Brattle street. The run, between Blakemore, Grant and Putnam, towards the end, proved to be very exciting. These three men finished in the above order and succeeded in beating the hares by about three minutes. There will be another run next Friday...
...going towards North Cambridge and passing near the clay pits. Then it swung around through the marshes in that neighborhood, crossed the railroad two or three times, finally coming out at Fresh Pond. From there the hares led them toward Mt. Auburn, returning by Brighton and Soldiers Field. The break was made at Barry Corner. A. Ingraham '96 was first, H. Foote, second, W. E. Putnam, third...