Word: evens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college are agitating the question of reform, I have thought that this communication may not be out of place. I wish to point out what seems to be a defect in oral examinations in this college. That examinations of this kind are here very rare must be admitted, but even so all cause for complaint either on the part of the professor or the student should be avoided so far as it is possible...
...work, or who are studying any part of the social question, or who are willing to be counted as allies in such service. I wish, therefore, to invite all students who are in any degree moved to this kind of interest, to meet informally at my house on Wednesday evening next, March 20, at 7.30 P. M. We shall then talk over a plan which seems to promise usefulness both to the college and to the poor, without demanding from any one more time than he can easily give. I very much hope that many students will feel inclined...
Moreover, the sacrifice will not be so great as may at first appear, for the sixteen players would probably occupy several courts even if none were reserved. Since the benefit from the plan will be so great and its inconveniences so small, no one ought to allow mere selfishness to interfere with its adoption...
...understand why Princeton should delay payment, for in doing so they are departing from all precedent, are violating fixed agreements, and are making themselves appear in a very unfavorable light. Even if such delay were necessary, although we cannot see why it should be, why has not the Princeton management had the courtesty to write and explain the cause of the unusual delay? Whenever Princeton has played in Cambridge, the Harvard management has always paid them immediately and it is only fair that we receive like treatment from Princeton, or if kept waiting in this vexations manner, that we receive...
...Study in Unhappiness" contains the discussion of student life begun recently under "Topics of the Day." It shows that even one who 'passes for a "brilliant" man' may not be thoroughly satisfied with his achievements. It is rather depressing in its tone, though it contains the charm of a personal confession...