Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...both good and bad. If our hearts were unalterably fixed for good or bad we should have no need to think of our ways; but as they are not we need to take an inventory of our stock and find out just where we stand. What season so fit as the present...
...recognizes the fact that physical training demands more scientific instructors, and that it has grown to be so important that it is worth a man's while to give himself up to teaching that kind of work. And that is the very object of this course; it is to fit men to look at physical culture as a science worth studying, and as an art worth practising. The result cannot but be beneficial to athletics of every kind. In the future they will doubtless be set on a more scientific basis in which the best development of the body will...
...unnecessary to say that if the men who are guilty of removing the books are discovered they will be dealt with very severely. The repeated violation of the rules will justify any punishment the authorities of the college may see fit to inflict. More than this can be said, however. The time seems plainly to have arrived when some vigorous action should be taken. If any plan can be devised for protecting the libraries and the honest users of them, even though it involve some inconvenience, it should be put in operation. Further, the men who use the libraries should...
...social, political and economic questions. Every young man in these days, and especially every college graduate, is expected to be able to speak creditably whenever called upon. The Union furnishes an invaluable training for this sort of thing, and should appeal strongly to all who have any desire to fit themselves for the demands which will certainly be made upon them. It is unfortunately true that for years the interest in the Union has not been what it ought to be. Many college in this country have flourishing debating societies; and in English universities debating is considered of the utmost...
...secondary or preparatory schools into the universities is direct, while in the United States there is an intermediate step in the colleges. In this country there are two roads leading from high schools to professional schools, either through or around the college. Very few of the present high schools fit men for college; the high school curriculum is complete in itself, it is a cul de sac leading nowhere, and the high school graduate who wishes to change his mind and enter college must spend additional years in preparation...