Word: feeling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...feel that we voice the sentiments of all the students in this University when we say that the reform which is most needed at Harvard is one that will extend the use of the library to the late afternoon and evening. We put in our plea thus early, hoping that the college authorities will realize that what we say is heartfelt and sincere...
...graduates, and in the kindly regard of its academic rivals. An Englishman might meditate on Mr. Lowell's eloquent tribute to the historic glories of Oxford and Cambridge, and think that Harvard was not without compensation for their absece. In England the alumni of the old Universities feel that they are immemorial institutions which need little help from them. The alumni of Harvard felt that the college belonged to themselves, had been enriched by the munificence of many who were present and looked to them all for the means of increasing her future usefulness...
...gratifying to see that the Harvard Art Club is making strides toward making the college community feel that there is some justification for its existence. The officers of the club have arranged to provide the membere with some instructive and enjoyable entertainment on every regular night of meeting. There is also some probability that the members of the club will be asked to read short papers on subjects connected with art. We trust that these creditable new departures may meet with deserved success...
...will of the late Ezekiel Price Greenleaf, which we publish on our first page, must be a source of extreme congratulation to all who feel an interest in Harvard's material welfare. We are all to reap the benefits from the wealth of a man which was not spent selfishly during his lifetime, but which has been saved up for the advantage of our university. It is the sacrifice which was made as much as the munificence of the gift, which should be remembered now and hereafter...
...responsibility of the occasion. They were taking their part in a great celebration, and were doing their duty to themselves and their Alma Mater. Nothing could exceed the order with which they entered the theatre in a long procession and took their places. It was impossible not to feel that the greater freedom allowed to American undergraduates led them to recognize earlier than do English youths the responsibilities of manhood." We cannot help smiling at the writer's astonishment at our good behaviour, nor yet escape feeling complimented by the praise he bestows upon...