Word: failings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mingle with one another is a proof, not only of the progress which has made a university out of a college, but also of the effect of the elective system in establishing a community of interest between instructors and students. The student's familiarity with the professor can hardly fail to stimulate his enthusiasm in his chosen field of work. At the meetings held with the student members, a student reads a paper on some subject connected with classical study, and selected by himself, which is followed by a discussion more or less general. These papers are the results...
...assignment of college rooms has taken place, and now there are, presumably, many undergraduates who are bitterly moaning their fate in being obliged to remain outside of the college buildings during their entire course. It seems doubly hard to fail to draw a room when the unfortunate applicant sees the long list of lucky sub freshmen who have been more fortunate than he. It is a fact that out of ninety six assignments of rooms, prospective members of the class of '90 drew forty-six. It seems to us that a system which allows nearly one-half of the rooms...
...year. Most of the fielders treat a game of base ball as a huge joke, and during a game indulge in such little pleasantries as guying each other about errors. The sooner they drop this style of play the better for the class and for the men themselves. They fail to play together, and a couple of hits by their opponents totally demoralize the team. They play without snap and as if nothing depended on their improvement. They strike at a ball, with one or two exceptions, with out any life, and if they make a hit, it is generally...
...desire an improvement. Would it not be well to raise the price of board by a sum not exceeding, let us say, twenty-five or thirty cents a week? The catalogue of the college assures us that board can be obtained at Memorial for $4.50 a week, and we fail to see why the price of board should be kept so far below this limit. We hope that the newly elected officers will consider our suggestion, for we think that the change we propose meets the approbation of a large number of members of the Dining Association...
Last night the students of Harvard were fortunate enough to listen to the first of a series of lectures on Emergencies and Hygiene. Such interesting practical subjects, presented by such eminent authorities, can not fail to be of great interest, while the painful ignorance exhibited by otherwise intelligent men, whenever sudden disaster comes, shows how great is the need of such information. We think that these lectures, taken in connection with those on "Health and Strength," cannot fail to be of great benefit to the college, and we feel sure that they will be greatly appreciated...