Word: ever
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Literary Monthly talks about that ever recurring theme, "What Next?" in the following pleasing manner. "Most of us, in looking upon the future, have very ambiguous notions as regards the condition of things which we shall find in the world proper. One or two vague notions we have. We have heard in a general way rather indefinite opinions expressed. These opinions come to us largely from men of experience. The professions are over-crowded. There is plenty of room for genius, but little room for mediocre ability. The days are past when the mere fact of possessing a college...
WALTER OAKES, Sec'y.All those who have ever played on the University Foot-Ball team are requested to meet at 5 Little's Block, on Friday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. promptly, to choose a captain for next year's team...
...essay states that a small boy who is obliged to learn the English language is subjected to "one of the most mind-stunting processes that has ever formed a part of the general education of any people." Then again it says, "the child who has difficulty in learning to spell may be expected to develop strong logical faculties...
...ball and boat racing will be studied with a fervor which cannot but trumpet the accomplishments of their classic followers to the notice and admiration of an expectant world. Local pride leans more kindly toward the victories of brawn than towards those of mind, and a college year is ever made more memorable by its athletic than by its intellectual victories. In the meanwhile, there are earnest and conscientious students who value college for the mental as well as the muscular training it provides, and that Harvard will have its usual large complement of those who will pursue their studies...
...historian of President Porter's career as head of the college. The remarkable growth and present excellence of the Sheffield Scientific School, the broadening of the elective system, and the endowment of additional professorships in very important studies must also be taken into account. As president he has been ever faithful, as teacher ever kind and sympathetic, and no presiding officer of Yale ever laid down his trust who commanded deeper respect from the young men under...