Word: correspondence
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Above all, although I called attention to one unpleasant feature of college life, it was far from my intention to present an unfavorable picture of it; and it is hardly fair to say that my statements correspond with the exaggerations of the Herald. College evils are grossly misrepresented by the public prints, and society at large is not aware how much good there is in college life, especially in life at Harvard. Ability, when it is attractive, is quickly recognized here, and our leading men exert a good influence over their fellows; for it is one of the happy distinctions...
...course, with all due respect to the instructor, is not an elementary course, and no beginner ought to think of taking it. The question is, Why is there no course in Zoology to correspond to the Botany and Chemistry courses? I hope another year the authorities will give us such a course, and allow Zoology to take its proper place here with other "liberal" studies, and not be made a specialty for doctors...
...place to be agreed upon hereafter. Cornell accepted the challenge on condition that the crews should be six-oared, but as Captain North considered a six-oared race "impracticable," and abode by his challenge, this was accepted, after some delay, by the "Cornell Navy," an association understood to correspond to our University Boat-Club...
...seems that among the amusements known to Freshmen of this and other colleges is the one of writing to Vassar for young lady correspondents. The Freshman obtains a catalogue, finds the name of some Sophomore or sister Freshman, and "in flowery and verbless sentences" pleads with her to correspond with him. But the Vassar maiden always laughs at his poor spelling, ridicules his absurd mistakes, and "resents the impertinent demand on her time and attention." On the whole, the fun seems to be pretty equally divided, only we would suggest that the Yale and Harvard writers pay still less attention...
...this sort, even when they are thrown out by a paper which has for a motto, "Above all Sects is Truth." The words quoted speak for themselves, and those who read them will probably agree that the position of Cornell in matters of justice and courtesy does not correspond with the position its crews have taken in the past two years at Saratoga...