Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...resident of the city, whose heirs naturally attach great importance to its possession. It is urged that if any undergraduate was led by the enthusiasm of the moment to carry off the flags, he will certainly now show himself gentleman enough to return them when a clear statement of the circumstances is made. No questions will be asked upon their return, nor will any attempt be made to investigate the matter. It is certainly only what can be expected of every gentleman that some deference shall be paid to the feelings of others, even at moments of great enthusiasm...
...stops his work to gather up his life, the man knows himself more than the individual; the whole humanity to which he belongs grows dear to him." The greatest benefit of the celebration just over is the lasting influence of its inspiration, in giving the students at once a clear conception of the real meaning of college work. There is not a man who has not been lifted up above the drudgery of every-day work and been shown the true great meaning of the whole in its relation with the outside world. We all feel an inspiration to attack...
...curious lack of uniformity was noted in the gowns worn by the members of the faculty. One peculiar garment greatly resembled an alpaca duster minus the sleeves. While some voluminous robes swept the pavement others crept up to an unseemingly shortness. In a word, there seemed to be no clear distinctive mark by which a member of the faculty could be distinguished as such. This subject has been revived at every Class Day for years, and it again provokes comment when the garments so essential to the proper ceremonies of an academical observance again appear. It seems hardly too critical...
...future - these must join hands and walk in peace with one another in a city of scholars where not in the base spirit of compromise, but in the higher atmosphere of universal and eternal truth and duty, the essential unity of all good things shall be made manifest and clear. How can we better close than with these words out of the same epistle to the Hebrews: "We are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast into the end." There is no break in such a history as ours. To ever larger duty...
When the parade was postponed on Saturday night, many thought it would not take place at all, and many more expected it would be a failure; everyone, however, kept his weather-eye open. Sunday dawned mild and clear, but with a strong wind blowing; the evening was cold, and the streets, which had been deep with mud from Saturday's rain, dried up and became smooth and hard. Monday morning came, and the weather still held good; the high wind, which, as before, lasted during the day, fell at the approach of night, and the elements were at last propitious...