Word: elements
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Evidently the silver element is not very strong among the students at Harvard, at least it had not the courage to advocate its views. There was a very large attendance at the debate last night. After President Hobson had called the meeting to order the question, "Resolved, That the coinage of the Bland silver dollar should be discontinued," was given over to the principal disputants for discussion...
...then will say that Harvard poets are not different from other poets? They sing longer, louder, and better than the poets of other colleges. They say more, if they mean less, than other writers of their stamp. They mark distinctly a growing element in Harvard culture. Indigestion and good health are as clearly marked in Harvard verse as in the writings of a Lucy Larcom or a Carlyle. Poetry is one means open to us for the expression of our better thoughts. The verse in which we speak takes on a new significance, expresses a deeper power, as we grow...
...hardly too early to call attention to and to make an effort to reform an abuse which has been on the increase for years. Each class day witnesses a steady growth in the inflow of the objectionable element who crowd our yard after evening. If the line could be drawn at muckerism, we would simply be repeating a worn out complaint. But the youth of Cambridge are not alone to blame in this particular case. The questionable youth of various stamps are concerned. It has long been a source of mortification to those who have entertained their friends to endure...
...Harvard as advanced and progressive? Increase in the number of students, increase in the interest manifested by the students, elevation in the character of the scholarship evolved, an enlarged scope of intelligent work, do not these prove the strength of the new movement and its value as an element in the reform of study? Would we be wise to look wistfully back upon the happy days of delusion if we can prove that it was delusion which possessed us. The work of Harvard has distinctly marked a great era of reform, and as such should be forwarded, despite the animadversions...
...inordinate use of purely Harvard expletives. This would seem to argue affectation. But again the post-graduate will make use of the same terms with only the addition of a rather indifferent drawl in their utterance. This would seem to argue habit. But let us see if another element is not contained in the matter. Every profession whether it be that of thieves or of the clergy, possesses distinctly its class of cant phrases and slang words. This is seen in business and extraordinarily so in the profession of law. Supposing then for a moment that Harvard students...