Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Each captain shall notify the other a week before the playing of any game of the men, including substitutes to any number, whom be intends to play, in order that protests as to their eligibility may be as far as possible settled beforehand...
...second part called "Full-formed Letters" is much better. The poems are mostly higly imaginative but there are many evidences of a deep sympathy both with man and with nature. By far the best thing is "Questions," addressed to a little child, which contains many beautiful sentiments, and is simply and smoothly written. The great fault in the style is a lack of coherency and unity which often renders the meaning very obscure...
...ranking system will be the same in freshman and sophomore years, but in the last two years the groups will be four instead of six. Exclusions of electives are to be made on two principles: First, to leave open as far as possible electives of general character and those common to juniors and seniors; second, to make mutually exclusive the more specialized electives and those clearly incongruous. General honors will be granted for general excellence substantially as at present. Special honors will be awarded only to students whose average is above mediocrity. In freshman year the candidate must take four...
...unfortunate that rain prevented Saturday's game with Yale. It is to be hoped, however, that the game will be played far enough in the future to give the Harvard management plenty of time to advertise it. It will be the duty of the undergraduates to turn out in full force on the day when the game isfinally played, and support the nine with loyalty and enthusiasm. Never has Yale won the first game at Cambridge, and we feel confident that Harvard will not allow the record to be broken this year...
...cannot be developed without contact with men, contact which cannot always be with good men. And so our Christian men live in the world. But living in the world does not necessarily imply that we should rashly thrust ourselves into temptation, and the question that confronts us is, How far is a man to put himself in the way of temptation, and to what degree is he called upon to carry on his intercourse with all sorts and conditions of men? Professor Hart's discussion of this question was interesting, and thoroughly practical...