Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...possible to raise our standard in athletics without lowering our social ideals, for we do not want to meddle with the social conditions here? It must be remembered that it was under these very conditions that the gentlemanly spirit of Harvard has been evolved; and surely a gentlemanly spirit cannot harm athletics...
...which would result from contesting with our superiors, and gain nothing in return. We defeat the duffers at Marblehead twenty runs to two, and find in our games with Yale that there is danger of a similar score-only reversed. Agitation may effect something in this matter; silence surely cannot...
...year, although college has been in session nearly three months. Of course considerable time is necessary for getting these books ready for publication. Nevertheless it seems to us that, considering the time that has passed, the books should have been ready before this, particularly as they contain information which cannot be obtained elsewhere without a good deal of trouble. Knowing the value of the Index and Catalogue to the college men, the editors of these publications should take pains to have them ready for distribution as early in the year as possible...
...contained in that editorial would be viewed in any such light, and we must confess that such lack of wit is only another argument for the position we have taken. It shows that there are a few men here who are so absorbed in the old regime that they cannot even appreciate that changes are taking place, much less understand the significance of those changes. To those who are still in the dark as to our intents, we would say that we advocate an improvement in the tone of Harvard life which will wipe out the deference paid "to pink...
...Several millions' worth of grand buildings, with all that man could ask for in the way of libraries, apparatus, etc., are thronged with students. But there is something better yet at Harvard. It takes more than money to make a college-that is, a college of the future. Wisdom cannot be bought. Experience costs time and tears. Sectarian colleges, and probably all others, have their squabbling age, an age of hair-pulling and scratching, an age of petty jealousies, rivalries and quarrels. If any man doubts that, let him come here and read the story of Harvard's childhood...