Word: characterizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The crew benefit, to which many references have already been made in our columns, has not yet received as enthusiastic a reception as we believe it deserves. At least the sale of tickets has been comparatively small. Perhaps the enthusiasm has been merely dormant, and is to awake to much...
But to return to the discussion of style. Of the many circumstances which contribute to the formation of a style, reading is but one. Desultory reading, if care is not exercised, will almost invariably induce a looseness of handling in writing and a lack of distinct expression. A close study...
The lecture last evening by Mr. Lodge was a fitting close to one of the most entertaining and instructive course of lectures to which the students have listened for some time. It was well that the use of leisure time should be considered from, so to speak, a professional standpoint...
General Sheridan delivered a stirring eulogy on the life and character of General Grant, on Tuesday evening of last week, at the Academy of Music, New York. The lecture was for the benefit of the monument fund, and the audience was large and appreciative.
The president and the authorities of the university have now for several years evinced an increasing desire to rely less upon rigid rules and more upon undergraduate good feeling and good sense in all matters pertaining to the good character of the undergraduates and that of the university. Let Harvard...