Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Fourteen men have qualified for positions on the U. of P. Mott Haven Team. In order to qualify, a certain fixed standard must be reached in each event, and as soon as a contestant qualifies he is made a member of the team...
...which is the loss of class feeling and fellowship among the students. This is of course inevitable as classes increase so fast in numbers, but the author suggests that "nuclei of the quasi corporations needed for the functions once discharged by classes at Harvard may possibly be found in certain of the college societies, those consisting of students who come here to work and not to dawdle." Professor Moore contributes "The Study of the Fine Arts in Universities and Colleges." It is a very interesting article explaining that to undergraduates the Fine Arts should be taught only to "awaken...
...University are due not only to the 'varsity nine, but to the members of the crew and the freshman team who give up their vacation for the sake of doing better justice to the college when the final contests come. Their task is not free from a certain amount of drudgery, no matter what the spirit may be which prompts them to sacrifice their own pleasure. The rest of the college leave Cambridge for a week of enjoyment. These few remain for hard, conscientious work, and we hope the result of their labor will repay them for their abstinence. Certainly...
...number of years the Latin Department has been contemplating the presentation of a Latin play, and arrangements have now been carried so far as to make it certain that we shall have one next year. The idea of those who have the matter in charge is not to make the production as elaborate as was that of the Greek play of a few years ago. In this, none but students will take part. The play which will be given is the Phormio of Terence. The plot is much more complicated than that of those plays usually attempted. It is modern...
Prof. Briggs gave an interesting talk before the Christian Association last evening on daily duty at Harvard. We do not harmonize here in our daily life as much as might be expected among college men. This is due, to a certain extent, to the elective system, a system good in itself, but abused by many men. We have no right to squander our four years away on courses that we take no interest in. The college man has more vacation than any other class, yet he idles away his time in doing fifty things besides his appointed tasks; a slight...