Word: factor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...then, is this practice to be obtained? In many ways. But we at Harvard have not only many ways, but the way, and that is the practice of debate. The importance of practice in debate as a factor of success to a lawyer is so great that no one who is studying for that profession should consider his curriculum of study complete without arrangements for this practice. The Union is the chief means of obtaining this exercise here, and it ought to be attended by many more than it is. All of the speaking that a lawyer...
...would seem, should there be any such factor left in Harvard life as "class feeling," as if the pennant offered to the class winning the greatest number of events in these winter meetings ought to arouse a certain amount of enthusiasm. The competition for it will be very close, and it is entirely a matter of speculation as to which class will receive it. It is certainly an honor worth working for and ought to stimulate each class to see that it is well represented in each contest, so that it may have a fair chance of securing it. Such...
...correspondent in another column advocates the advisability of having a junior class dinner this spring. The custom of having class dinners is certainly an excellent one, and should be encouraged as much as possible, as by it is fostered a certain class-feeling which forms such an important factor in college life elsewhere. True it is, that here at Harvard this class-feeling is at a minimum, partly because of the size of the classes, and partly because of the so-called Harvard indifference, but anything that will tend to increase this feeling and bind the members of a class...
...would be avoided that discomfort which is incurred from running a road through the crowded streets of a city. We look at the proposed road from an economical standpoint and in it we recognize not only the source of great convenience and saving of time but also the future factor, perhaps, of that longed-for union of Cambridge with Boston...
...this question have not been wanting, and some of them have partially accounted for our success. It has been claimed, for instance, that we make use of our crew men, and trust to weight to carry the ball beyond our opponents' goal line. No one doubts that the factor of weight is not to be despised but it is certainly powerless in the game as played today, unless coupled with skill and intelligence. This may at first seem a truism, but those to whom it appears as such, indicate their ignorance of what the last two qualities may be made...