Word: comparisons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Arnold of Rugby approved - is not its parent, it is at least its sister evil, since both spring from the propensity of tyranny on the part of the older and stronger over the younger and weaker. But these ancient customs may be esteemed most honorable to the freshman in comparison with the indignities and barbarities which are at the present time occasionally heaped upon him, and which he frequently revenges by insults equally severe upon his persecutors. The past college year witnessed an unusually large number of cases of hazing of extreme severity. Kidnapping was a not infrequent practice...
...considerably alarmed to hear that Guernsey, who pulls No. 4 in the boat, is ill, but it is hoped that he will be in condition for the race. We hear that New York sporting men are giving 3 to 2 on Harvard, which is probably due to the comparison made between the two crews in the New York Herald a fortnight ago. The crew leave for New London next Thursday morning, and expect to witness the Harvard-Columbia race from their launch...
What has been said is perhaps not true of all the college janitors, but in comparison with them in general that familiar lazy man of the fable seems extravagantly active...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: Thursday evening the last of the Harvard Union debates drew its usual small audience. In comparison with the enthusiasm evinced in smaller colleges, Harvard shows a most remarkable indifference in regard to debating societies. May be that the oratorical spirit of our age is declining, but we suspect that the belief is gaining ground that extempore speaking can be acquired without much training. It should be remembered that seven years' practice in New England school-houses gave skill to Wendell Phillips, and one of the finest characteristics of Burke's writing comes from life-long habit...
...Student thinks "that a comparison of the scores will show that the fielding has thus far as a rule been poor among all the nines. On the batting, Harvard has been most successful, while the most effective pitching has been done by Jones of Yale...