Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Columbia Spectator thinks that it would be a good thing for the Harvard freshmen to accept the challenge of the Yale '89 crew to an eight-oared boat race. Comment is unnecessary...
...destitute of a subject for a descriptive theme wrote upon the subject "myself." He described himself as remarkable for his ruddy complexion, good dimples, and his ability to eat a yellow banana in four seconds and a red one in six. The instructor returned the theme with the following comment: "I should really like...
...long as the Boston papers are only supplied with misrepresentations of students and athletics, we suppose that it is superfluous to comment; but it seems that already they have widened their field of operations to include personal flings at our instructors. Yesterday one of our prominent professors called attention to a scurrilous article in a Boston paper, a distortion of a little class incident, a pleasant one in itself, which occurred early in the week. Every man present who knew the circumstances heartily sympathized with the professor, and had a word of disgust for the man who would, evidently from...
...small amount of satisfaction has been expressed at the efforts of the management to make the association a success. But now the steward - for, in lack of more definite information, he must be considered responsible - has allowed matters to fall into a condition which calls for immediate and sharp comment. A communication on another page shows plainly enough the existing state of things, and it is safe to say that it voices the opinions of a large proportion of the members of the association. The complaint made is perfectly proper. There is no excuse whatever for the present state...
...recent pamphlet from the pen of Samuel Brearly of New York, several of the courses now given at Harvard are selected for criticism, and among others English VI. This course, instead of furnishing food for adverse criticism, should receive favorable comment. Its aim is not, perhaps, to make statesmen of all who take part in the discussions. Many of the questions are deep and as yet unsettled. They are the vital questions, however, of the politics of to-day. English VI. affords an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the current literature that has reference to these subjects of debate...