Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Morgantown, desiring to read the life of Charles Sumner, applied to Professor Harvey, the librarian, for the same. He was told that the book was not in the library, but that if it were he would not get it, as he, Harvey, regarded it as not being a fit book for him to read. Of course not. It is a text-book of patriotism, liberty, philanthrophy and correct politics. It teaches loyalty and calls treason by its proper name; therefore the young Virginians ought not to read...
...doubts that our young men in college are not straining every nerve to finish their educations and fit themselves for the active duties of life, let them ponder over the fact that the deep theme to be written upon by the sophomores of Harvard College is, "The Comparative Merits of Base-Ball and Foot-Ball...
...freshman year the men are not all placed on a level. Many men come here from the larger preparatory schools who have been fitted in half the freshman work. And besides this, in most of the preparatory schools one learns more or less of the college methods which always gives a great advantage. Men who have been fitted differently, however, and those who have come from the smaller schools, often with difficulty manage to pass the admission papers, although they may be better versed in the general knowledge of subject, but have not been fitted with the one object...
...view of these facts, the board of managers have seen fit to offer him extra inducements to retain the position. Every member will endorse them in this action, and we feel sure that we voice the general sentiment of the college when we urge upon the superintendent to consider carefully the needs of the society before deciding to give up his present office...
...some of the proposed changes there is no objection to be made, but two of the new rules we hope the College Association will see fit to reject. These rules are the ones which abolishes the foul-bound catch, and the one which allows the pitcher to deliver the ball with his hand anywhere below the line of the shoulder...