Word: characterizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The question which has now come up for settlement is in reality a question of long standing. In its present phase, however, it has assumed a pressing character, and whatever action Harvard takes will of course lead to an important train of consequences. The matter when sifted to the bottom...
Appleton Chapel was completely filled last night by those who took advantage of the fine evening to hear the Rev. Lyman Abbott preach. Dr. Abbott took as his text, Matthews ix.: 22. The central idea of his sermon was that there is no purification without pain. The Bible, he says...
Assistant Professor Sheldon delivered the second lecture in the course by German instructors in Sever 11, yesterday afternoon on the Mediaeval Poetry of Germany. He said that he proposed to give a general idea of German poetry from the classic period to the middle ages. The language of the middle...
I. Great evils are caused by the Spoils System. (a) Degradation of national character. (b) Conversion of politics into mere place-hunting (c) Inefficiency of public service. (d) Despotism of political obligarchy-Saratoga Address by G. W. Curtis, International Review, 13, 261.
The action of the intercollegiate foot ball association, detailed in another column, is certainly as far as it goes highly commendable. Its purpose obviously is to guard against the introduction of professionalism into college athletics and to minimize the possibility of graduates returning to college solely for the purpose of...