Word: collegian
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first five student publications in the University--from the Harvard Lyceum, in 1810, to the last issue of the Harvard Magazine in 1864--were literary magazines, each short-lived. With the appearance, on March 9, 1866, of the first number of the Collegian--a fortnightly "newspaper intended to represent the views and opinions of Harvard students"--began the present era of University journalism. The Collegian was outspoken and caustic in tone. It deplored the "little disposition manifested by the instructors to establish and confirm a friendship between the student and themselves"; it attacked with keen satire compulsory church attendance...
...revolutionary spirit which animated the Collegian was not suppressed. On May 11, 1866, the first number of the Advocate was issued. It was the Collegian under another name. The names of the editors did not appear, but the three Junior editors of the Collegian were summoned before the Faculty. There and in the pages of the Advocate the right of the students to publish a paper which should express undergraduate opinion, even when that opinion differed radically from the views of the Faculty, was strongly and successfully asserted. The counsel of the more liberal members of the Faculty prevailed...
...These words from one of Shaw's plays should strike a chord of profitable reflection in those who consider C a sufficient "gentleman's mark." At least one of the things for which most men come to college is, presumably, to acquire what is known as an education. No collegian would like to be obliged to carry his diploma about with him to prove that he really has a college degree. Most men have the desire for an education, even if not the will to acquire...
...general discussion in which a number of very interesting points were brought up. It was shows that very few undergraduates realize the importance of this kind of constructive work as an adjunct to their college studies, and that the learning to grasp the point of view of the non-collegian element in society was as difficult as it was a valuable accomplishment for a college...
...entered College in their Senior year, and hence could not graduate cum laude. Deducting them, the percentage drops from seven to 5.6; and of all the 30 men, only one had an average in College of less than C. In short, that frequently heard creation of undergraduate fancy, the collegian of low grade who does A work in the Law School, has materialized just once in the past twelve years...