Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Fulsome praise is ever out of place and sounds conimonplace. But imitation is the sincerest flattery and it shall be the earnest endeavor of the present board to keep the paper up to the standard set by our predecessors. The pleasant memory they have left with us will go far towards had ping us to shoulder the responsibility and to work with zeal for the welfare of the paper...
...respect as conditions of admission to college. It appears that, with the exception of Yale College, all the leading educational institutions of New England have united with Harvard in the movement, and have issued identical lists of the literary works with which freshmen are required to be familiar. So far as the purpose of this endeavor is concerned we have only the heartiest approval to express. We hold a thorough mastery of the English language to be the one thing absolutely essential to the education of English speaking men, and we regard the literature of the English language...
...consequence of the illness of Prof. Royce, Philosophy 3 will not be given during the second half-year. Students will reckon the work done thus far as a half course, and may elect any other half course or may elect any other half course or may enter either Philosophy 1 or 2 for the remainder of the year...
...far as Harvard is concerned, it is unlikely that any such step will be taken, as the Annex, Wellesley and Boston University are quite capable of satisfying the intellectual cravings of the young women of Massachusetts...
...presents a spectacle never before seen in the history of the world-of sixty million people at peace and without fear. He spoke of the unparalleled growth in wealth and material resources which has marked this century of American life. To get wealth, much that is equally valuable and far more noble has been sacrificed. Fame, renown and honor have become weaker motives than they formerly were, and men's energies have been bent on the acquirement of material comfort and physical well-being. And, unfortunately, men's energies are not like water that turns the wheel of one mill...