Word: characterizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The writer remembers, one evening several years ago, before he entered Harvard, riding from Boston to Cambridge in company with a couple of Harvard students. One of these students who was highly exhilarated periodically, solaced himself by grasping the supporting straps and swinging his feet up against the roof of...
A prominent periodical published recently a sarcastic criticism of the present prevalence of what is called Harvard slang. If we were for a moment to analyze the character of Harvard conversation we would find that slang, if we may so term it, has become a constant quantity in all that...
The manner in which precedents work proves that there is danger in establishing a precedent to support special athletic exercise. The granting of petitions in all organizations depends more upon precedent than upon the number and character of names affixed to petitions. We believe that there is consistency in the...
The question of having a monthly at Amherst of a character similar to the Yale Lit, is now, it is said, definitely settled, and the magazine is an assured success.
The Conference Committee, in spite of fears felt by many students, has demonstrated its right of existence. The improvement in the general character of yesterday's meeting over that of the last, is deserving of attention. The rules proposed by the senior members, can but aid in giving direction to...