Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Vassar Miscellany we have little to say, because there is so much to praise, so little to - not condemn, but differ from. It is a model among the monthlies; the department, De Temporibus et Moribus, we have sufficiently commended heretofore . . . The Cornell papers form the strongest possible contrast to the Miscellany, - captious and undignified in manner, engaged in quarrelling with each other, discourteous in the extreme toward other colleges. The Era has disgraced itself in its attack upon Oberlin, whose Review, by the way, is very readable and sensibly written. . . And this brings us to the general subject...
THAT all the four Class Crews begin their work in the Gymnasium so early in the year, is another proof - if proof were necessary - of the hold which the Class Races have taken on the College. Contrast this state of affairs with that which many of us, now undergraduates, can recall, and the marked advance in our general rowing will be easily appreciable. Four years ago, before the old club system had reached its end, the crews of the club-houses rowed at spasmodic intervals, bound together by no ties of class or association, but merely...
...attitude of the Boston press towards Harvard is in marked contrast to that of the New York papers towards Columbia...
...amusing in the "College Gossip." The Hamilton Lit. is better in its local than in its literary department. The Acta Columbiana is the brightest, raciest, wittiest of our exchanges; but its tone is not always as elevated as we could wish, and its dress is in bad taste. The contrast between the different styles of type is too striking. The Columbia Spectator, on the other hand, presents a remarkably neat appearance. There is a good deal of character in this paper. Its cartoons are a prominent feature, and the article on "College Bores" is good. There is too much...