Word: finer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...system. Students under it are still under bonds, "bonds more compulsive than the old, because fitted with nicer adjustment to each one's person. . . . It remains authoritative, . . . . it insists on that authority which reveals to a man his own better purposes, and makes them firmer and finer than they could have become if directed by himself alone." The substance of the elective system is given in a single sentence, fixed quantity and quality of study, variable topic." The great moral help to students under this new ideal lies in the fact that "it uplifts character as no other training...
...most successful trips ever made by a Harvard athletlc team. Victory crowned the efforts of our men in every contest, and at the end, the score was four victories and no defeats, and a total of 23 goals won to 4 lost. Never has there been a finer lacrosse team in any of the colleges, and it is doubtful if there was ever a better one of native American players than the one which represents Harvard this year. The exhibition of team play was very fine, and the superior training of Harvard's representatives was apparent in every match...
...interior beauty, and of course, do not necessarily refer to the interior decorations and fixtures. Those are certainly tasty and appropriate, but he must be a very prosy visitor indeed, who climbs that long hill to study fine arts. The real arts of Lasell are of a finer and more wily sort than those which we students at Harvard book upon as "fine arts...
...observatory is to be built for the University of Virginia, which will be finer than any other in the country. The great telescope will be as large as the one in Washington...
Many Harvard men were present at the tennis tournament yesterday and a score of ladies brightened up the grounds of the Longwood club. The playing was finer than on the first day, most of the interest centering in the play of Dwight, Taylor and Sears. Presbrey did some fine playing and it was conceded by the majority that in doubles his play was equal to if not better than Taylor's. However, the undergraduates were no match for the champions, who won two straight sets, 6-5, 6-0. The finals in doubles will be played by Sears and Dwight...