Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which can be found within easy reach of the college. The field when completed will be large enough to accommodate two-base ball diamonds or two football fields. It will require some outlay to put the ground in suitable condition for use, but just what the expense will be cannot be definitely determined yet, as the survey has not been completed nor the estimates made out. The amount stated in Thursday's Herald is not an authorized estimate. The engineering department has been actively engaged in making surveys during the past few days, and as soon as their work...
...Princetonian, by its approval of a scheme of written examinations shows that it cannot conceive of the liberal spirit of a university, but would narrow down the life of an American student to that of the grammar-school boy. We would remind the Princetonian that our "new system of college government" is still young, that it must suffer attacks for some time(?) but we firmly believe that the day with come when the wisdom of the step will be admitted, and President Eliot's course acknowledged by all to be right...
...almost from its foundation, and which intelligent men are soon forced to abandon. "This radical divergence between university training and the wise national policy which is overwhelmningly supported by the people (for very few Democrats are willing to be called free traders), is greatly to be deplored. The colleges cannot educate the mass of Americans to their doctrines, but they will alienate the university from the practical, thinking heart of the people, and displace it from the esteem and confidence in which it ought to be held by all Ultimately we believe the 'theory" will conform to the 'condition.' American...
...necessary, shows that many of the preparatory schools provide means of instruction in more subjects than those strictly required for admission, and that many men are capable of doing more work before coming to college than the admission examinations call for, and that, therefore, the standard of entrance examinations cannot possibly be considered unreasonably high...
...have suggested, a number of students jumped into their chairs, others began to applaud with their feet and hands. These actions were undignified and entirely unworthy of Harvard men. We are sure that those who took part in them do not realize that as the officers of the Hall cannot act as policemen, good order in the Hall depends not a little upon the self-control of every member. The tendency towards disorder is one which will grow inevitably if a distinct effort is not made to avoid all such unnecessary demonstrations as those we have mentioned. We ask those...