Word: citizen
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...least degree, the BEST in the College should defend it. The name Harvard Freshman involves the name of the College to some extent, and often to outsiders to the full extent. Objection 3 admits that "the rustic dweller on the shores of Owasco Lake, or the respected citizen of Knox County, N. Y., may have taken the Freshman for the University Crew;" if, on the ground of the race, that opinion prevailed, there is every reason to suppose that the further off one got, - especially if at the same time further from Cambridge, - the more prevalent that opinion would have...
...reprobation would have been thought sufficient for their conduct by the same critics if the students had met violence with violence, I cannot conjecture. But I am sure that their manly forbearance and self-possession, under gross provocation, should secure for them the respect and commendation of every citizen who values the peace of the community...
...good as well as the ignorant and bad, and that, as a small force is not unfrequently big in result, the indication of the choice of the University in this matter may be effective in securing the nomination of some man who is a type of the best American citizen. At any rate, it can do no harm. The gentleman in charge of the polls is a proof that the movement is not one of idle curiosity, but of earnest purpose, and we hope that every student will feel it incumbent upon him to vote...
NOTWITHSTANDING the report of the Committee of the Overseers in favor of the eligibility of Dr. Bellows, the Board have decided that Dr. Bellows is not a member of that body, because he is not a citizen of Massachusetts. The reasons for the decision seem to be largely based upon the fact that a similar committee, six years ago, decided that ex-President Hill of Portland was not eligible to the Board. In the first place, the cases are not parallel. Dr. Hill forfeited his seat by removing from the State. It might well be a question, in such...