Word: characterizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The recent dinner of the Yale alumni in Boston was significant from many of the ideas expressed by President Porter relative to the present position of Yale in religion, and in the controversy between the "old learning" and the new. The remarks were evidently made with great care, and acknowledge...
The farm comprises about 200 acres of a varied character. The soil on the hillside is mostly gravel, while in the meadows it is very rich and moist. Hay is raised on part of the farm, and given to cattle which are taken to board. The part comprised in the...
A life at Harvard improves neither of these classes; they probably will not graduate as scholars, certainly not as men. But how about the large class of students who come here with tolerably good characters and intentions? Are they benefitted or harmed by the vice which surrounds them? A moralist...
The Beacon indulges in a study of freshman character. Following are some interesting extracts from the Beacon's article:
If we were to judge the character of all from the positively expressed characters of the few, we would agree with some of our staid, well-meaning friends in thinking that "those Harvard boys are the worst lot this side of Yale." But suffice to say, we do not agree...