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...think there is plenty of time in which to enter. It is earnestly hoped that these meetings be successful, more so than in previous years, if possible, and we would urge all those who have any thought whatever of competing, to enter. Men should not let timidity or distrust in their own powers keep them back. The success of the meetings depends in a great measure on a large field of entries the resulting competition. We especially urge members of the freshman class to come forward. If they are unsuccessful they will gain valuable coolness and experience for future contests...
...these strong little beasts, posted at every corner in charge of boys. The population of the city is about 400,000, and the native part is made up of Moslems and Coptic Christians who claim to be the descendants of the ancient Egyptians. The Moslems are very bigoted and distrust foreigners, but are slowly improving under European influence...
...boat club was still in arrears when every one had been informed that the strenuous efforts made in the winter of '85-'86 had succeeded in wiping out the indebtedness which, something over $2000 in the fall of 1884, had been $1600 in October 1885. This surprise turned into distrust when it was shown in our columns on June twentieth and twenty-first last that about $600 had been expended carelessly. Mr. Balch, during the spring, called attention to the fact that the subscriptions had fallen off six hundred dollars and that the Pudding and the D. K. E. paid...
...tranquil, hopeful eyes turned toward the western sky. He is thinking of the days that are to be. He hears nothing of the vigorous tide of life now flowing round his chair. He knows nothing of past success or present attainment. His face shows no trace either of self-distrust or of self-satisfaction. But the quiet unconsciousness with which his trustful hope looks toward the west is something good to see, and is typical of the college life to-day.- Henry C. Badger, in Magazine of American History for December...
...that such a system in college is neither desirable nor possible. The ends for which colleges are established, namely, the training of the mind and character would be defeated by the consciousness to the students that the normal attitude of a faculty towards them was one of suspicion and distrust...