Word: evens
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...true interests of the association would be subverted. But if they were allowed to do so all the schools must be allowed, and the race made one of University against University; for no rule of qualification could be laid down which would put all the colleges on an even footing. After more discussion, the resolution as amended was passed...
...another thing which would repay revival here is the game of chess. There are many here who play the game more or less, and some who play it well. But it is most often the case that these persons do not know each other as chess-players; and even if they do, a few desultory games are usually the sole result. Chess clubs have existed here in the past; why should they not be revived now with our other associations? It would bring together those who already play chess, and would encourage others to study the game, which...
...have lately noticed in several of the daily papers remarks blaming the Massachusetts Legislature for granting money to the Museum of Zoology. Such articles evince an exceedingly mean and narrow spirit, which is luckily not shared in by a majority of opulent and influential citizens. The Museum, even in its present condition, is the best in the country; and its extension and improvement will confer honor, not only on the University, but on the State. It has reached its present position mainly through the personal efforts and the personal popularity of Professor Agassiz. But to extend the building or even...
...whom you have known, ever since you entered college, as the most retiring, modest fellow imaginable. Yet he goes away into some country place, and, as he gets out of his old ruts and among people where his superiority is in some respects tacitly acknowledged, you shall observe, even in him, the universal Jim-Fisk showing symptoms of his presence. He has a friend teaching school in this same country town, upon whom he calls. See him when, before he enters in front of the assembled school, he stops and furtively brushes his beaver, and dusts off his boots...
...must accept the word in its new sense), and pointing out the great advantages to be derived therefrom. It seems to me that this ungentlemanly custom has obtained far too great a foothold in college. In some circles a man's actions, good or bad, his words, and even his dress, are the objects of sharp ridicule and thoughtless jest, which often scarce conceal the bad feeling beneath. A number of men move in a fixed groove, and any one who chooses to pursue his course without that groove becomes the object of unmerciful badgering from his more conventional companions...