Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Columbia journal of a recent date says, that a delegate of the Harvard Boat Club has been "sneaking around" the gymnasium in quest of information in regard to the condition of the Columbia crews. A rather intimate acquaintance with the oarsmen of Harvard compels us to doubt the truth of this statement. We are also puzzled as to the reasons the journal in question could have had for bringing forward such a charge. Surely we have been enabled in the past to present to Columbia an uninterrupted view of our rudder without any resort to "sneaking." Is there any reason...
...current Lampoon. To many students, it doubtless seems that the proposed deliberative conference is little more than a "sop to Cerberus," and this opinion is, in some respects, well founded. It is not wise however, to pass too hasty a judgment on this proposed experiment. It is, without doubt, a firm opinion among the students, that some method, can be devised that will obviate the annual conflicts of faculty, athletic committee and students. It is felt by many that a radical change only can accomplish this end. It will, however, take time and careful consideration to hit upon this much...
There can be little doubt, says the London Athenaeum, that Prof. Huxley in these trenchant criticisms was glancing at Eton. Not that Eton is a sinner above other public schools; but instead of taking the load with its large endowments and prestige, naturally enough it has followed in the wake of Rugby, and other foundations, and in the matter of Latin verse, which we may take as the touch-stone of a reforming, or a non-reforming school, has shown itself the most conservative of them all. The first step to any real reform of studies is the abolition...
Since the petition for making chapel voluntary has been refused by the overseers, there has been a marked increase in attendance. Without a doubt, many students were taking a taste of the liberty which they expected would be granted, and are now rudely awakened to the fact that chapel cuts are still counted...
This statement, when taken in connection with the late action of the faculty, makes clear beyond doubt what is intended by such action. The chairman of the first committee of Overseers, Joseph Story, contemplated changes in the college curriculum as early as 1825. The growth toward a more free election of studies has steadily progressed since then. And the near future will see the course of study purely elective. The present stand of the faculty has thus been necessarily forced on them by the gradual development of an elective system inaugurated by the first board of overseers...