Word: certain
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
HARVARD labors under a disadvantage in being a college where it is suitable to go regardless of expense. A certain class of young men must be sent to college because that is the high-toned thing, and famous and costly institutions will be the victims, and that in spite of high standards. At the same time some of the best material will be lost on account of lack of means, - Oberlin Review...
YALE, having suffered from similar attacks, extends, through the Lit., her sympathy to Harvard. Adverting to the Transcript's criticisms of certain Harvard students at Boston theatres, the Lit. says...
...college assistance is, as we understand it, to smooth the rugged path of the poor but promising student, so that that part of his energy which would otherwise be spent in overcoming the difficulties of the journey to Parnassus may be devoted to intellectual effort; and, up to a certain point, everything which relieves the mind of the strain of over-exertion and makes life cheerful is so much help to the hard worker. Shut off from society, compelled to pass four years of exhausting, unremitting labor in dingy dormitories and uncomfortable recitation-rooms, the poor student, who depends solely...
...have told him. If I say that I am going away to pass Sunday, and do not want a fire lighted, he puts himself to a great deal of pains to keep the fire blazing all day. And if I tell him I shall be back at a certain time, I am sure, upon my arrival, to find a desolate hearth...
...shelves containing the new books exposed for examination than from any other collection of the same size in the hall. Students would be no more apt to take books from the alcoves without getting them charged than from the reference and the new-book shelves. We would suggest that certain alcoves containing books that can be replaced easily be thrown open to the students, with the understanding that the continuance or discontinuance of the system will depend on whether the students use or abuse the privilege...