Word: eliot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Smith's "Moral Sentiments" is ready; also a third lot of Von Holst's "Constitutional Law." The sterling edition of George Eliot's works...
...make it the great university it is destined to be. But those millions are sure to come, as others have come, because these live men believe in that practical sense which vigorously abandons the methods of the darker ages and faces the future. The administration of President Eliot, when it is concluded, will stand as monument to commemorate this American genius for college building...
...Those Yale fellows always were a lot of kickers."- Charles William Eliot...
Much as Harvard has differed from Princeton on the fundamental principles which should govern college organizations, and although we adhere as firmly as ever to the doctrines of President Eliot, still it is impossible not to feel that the retirement of Doctor McCosh from the Presidency of Princeton College is a loss to that institution. His loyalty and devotion have done much to maintain the honor of Princeton while his energies have placed her in the front rank of American colleges. She will not find easily so staunch a friend to accept the post which this resignation has made empty...
...letter from Scotland is very pleasant reading to any one who cares for Harvard, and the editors of the Monthly can well feel gratified at President Eliot's action in making their paper the medium of communicacation for the student of St. Andrews in Scotland. There is reason for regret that we have no "Students' Representative Council" that might send an appropriate reply to this letter of greeting...