Word: either
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Nothing is more essential to success in either business or professional life than energy and tenacity of purpose; and success in college life depends mainly on the same thing. The student who comes to college determined to make the most of his opportunities, to let none of his powers lie idle, and to cultivate both mind and body to the greatest possible extent, succeeds in his work if he keeps his purpose clearly in view; and is very likely to fail if he does not. Men of natural ability often come to surpass their more talented class-mates because they...
...literary societies of our colleges are chiefly of two sorts - either devoted to the reading of essays and other similar literary productions written by the students, or else consisting of formal debates on subjects of small general interest. Societies of both these sorts have been tried at the Johns Hopkins University, all commencing most promisingly, but invariably dying a natural death within a few months. Interest flagged after the first few meetings, while the students had too much to do to spend time in preparing essays or reading up for fixed topics of debate...
Jarvis Field was the scene of the contest; but old Jarvis had undergone a great transformation since the days of Eliot the First. A soft, closely cropped turf covered the broad field, and on either side were lofty grand stands, equalled in beauty of architecture only by the ancient amphitheatre of Pompey. Everything indicated that Harvard had recovered from that dread disease, impecunia...
Union College has 3,000 graduates living; this exceeds the number of living graduates of either Harvard or Yale...
According to the catalogue of Tufts College, there are 134 students in that institution, of whom 6 are candidates for the degree of A. M., 25 are pursuing the engineering course, 26 the theological course, and 77 either the philosophical or regular course...