Word: comely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shameful desecration has recently come to our notice. It seems that a number of the flags placed in the transept of Memorial Hall on Decoration Day have been taken from the tablets. It is hard to believe that anyone could have so little respect for the honored dead as to commit such an act; but that a Harvard man should steal from the hall, erected in honor of the brave sons of Harvard who fell in the war for the Union, the emblems which were there left as a token of respect for their grand sacrifice, seems incredible. But such...
...crew leave for New London under the most favorable auspices. Three championships have already come to Harvard, and the college looks forward to the fourth. We consider our chances on the water about even, albeit Yale has her victorious crew of last year almost intact while Harvard has but three men who have ever rowed in a 'varsity race. It is the hard and conscientious work of the crew and the untiring efforts of its captain which cause us to put so much trust in the result of the race. Too much praise cannot be given Captain Storrow, who, without...
...instruction and the examinations are substantially the same as those of Harvard College and, thanks to our professors and students, the standard of work has been admirably sustained throughout. As a result of this, the practical aims of the enterprise are more than fulfilled. The pupils who come to us simply from a love of study find what they seek, while such of our graduates as intend to teach readily obtain places in the best schools, and teachers of an older grade, who often join our classes for special studies, are cheered and encouraged by the new opportunities offered them...
...better began to be noticeable. This improvement was due partly, though not wholly, to the fact that the crew changed from the '87 boat into the new '85 shell. Since then the crew has braced up and improvement has been steady. The bad fault of rushing the slide in coming forward has been to a great extent over-come; but more improvement in this particular is necessary. The slump at the finish has been partly overcome, though some of the men, especially 3, need to pay strict attention to this point. The time is still poor, and the crew...
...nothing but athletic records, or reputations for dress, good looks, rapidity of living, and number and size and variety of bull-pups. All such are specialists. Not one of them is getting that for which he came to college, or that at least for which he ought to have come. Their specialism is of the most condemnable sort, and as specialists they themselves are to be most mercifully pitied...