Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cope with his subject. Some men's minds are so constituted that they find it all but impossible to grasp certain lines of study, and after long and laborious work at some difficult course they find a man who is their inferior in some other branch of work, far ahead of them in marks. The rule is impolitic, as it is a standing invitation to take only such courses as one feel he is reasonably sure of a good grade in. A man who has received high marks for two or three years hardly cares to court...
...Still there is another side to the story. Thus far I have figured out the expenses, and have said nothing about the means of meeting them. Perhaps to get the advantages of Harvard, a student may need to spend largely but a certain circumstance enables him to do so,- I mean the matchless benevolence of those who have preceded us here. The great sums interested to us for distribution in prizes, loan funds and scholarships make it possible for our students to offset the cost of their education to such a degree that the not output of a poor...
...their work so that the best talent may be secured. Communications and an occasional editorial written on a topic of live interest and front page articles on athletics or other subjects of interest, will be ample tests of a man's abilities. The freedom and openness of the competition, far from deterring men from writing ought to spur them on to do their best work. The magaging editor of the CRIMSON will be glad to receive all communications and to furnish all further information necessary...
Boating matters have reached such a crisis this year as they never have before, at least so far as the 'Varsity crew is concerned. Yale has tied the score of races won or lost against Harvard, and has commenced this year's campaign more vigorously than ever. Rowing men here must cease wondering what were the causes of our defeat of the past two years, and look for the causes of Yale's success. Clearly it is because at Yale the captain of the 'Varsity crew is not expected nor allowed to be responsible for all things pertaining...
...greatest loss in the number of men sent here is at Andover; and Exeter, although it sends more here this year than it did last, ought to do far better and exceed the number who entered with...