Word: comely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...university, but would narrow down the life of an American student to that of the grammar-school boy. We would remind the Princetonian that our "new system of college government" is still young, that it must suffer attacks for some time(?) but we firmly believe that the day with come when the wisdom of the step will be admitted, and President Eliot's course acknowledged by all to be right...
...Muller, E. A. Freeman and Frederic Harrison. All are severe in their denunciation of the evil tendencies of the competitive system; but perhaps Professor Harrison more boldly attacks the system than the others when he declares that it "is bullying, spoiling and humiliating education. Examination papers, not textbooks, have come to be the real objects of study. The system of distinction and prizes is absurdly overdone. Art, learning, politics and amusements are deluged with shows, races, competitions and prizes. Life is becoming one long scramble of prize winning and pot hunting, and examination, stereotyped into a trade, is having...
With the February issue of the Monthly, the seventh volume of this publication is brought to a close. As we look back over the five numbers which are comprised in the volume, we come readily to the conclusion that the editors of the magazine deserve the hearty congratulations of all Harvard men for the success they have met in their endeavors to stimulate the literary work of the students. In one respect the editors of this volume have surpassed their predecessors. namely, in the editorials which have been written, first, to protest against abuses which have grown up under...
...hence their rowing is very irregular. The body swing is carried too far at both ends and results in "slumping" at the finish and falling forward at the full reach. The crew shoot out their hands at the finish with such a jerk that the oars do not come out of the water cleanly, and the boat receives a series of jars which would be fatal to a shell. The following are the men who are trying for the crew, with the individual faults...
...against giving the members of the freshman eleven cups as mementos of their victory over Yale last fall. If it had been necessary for the money for the trophies to be raised by subscription, we should have been slow to believe that the class of Ninety-two would not come forward promptly and generously with the necessary amount. The victory was a splendid one and the members of the team well deserve some token from the class. When we learn, therefore, that some men in the class, notably those who represent the boating interest, are unwilling that the football team...