Word: fittings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college papers do not fill up more or less of their space with comments on "Our Exchanges." Whoever would know the inter-relations of college papers has but to search for this heading, and beneath it read the compliments, slanders, questions, and suggestions which one worthy sheet sees fit to bestow on its loved, or hated, contemporaries...
...James Freeman Clarke, on the other hand, who spoke on the same theme before the same society, said that religion should not be brought into the public schools, outside of teaching the scholars the golden rules of honesty of heart and purpose, and such secular instruction as would best fit them for their battles with the mercantile world. These two essentially different views on the matter of religion in its relation to education seem to mark the two great tendencies in modern times. Many people would introduce religion into every phase of life; while many others would treat...
Several men took advantage of the ice on the little pond near Glacialis yesterday to skate. If the cold continues, Fresh Pond will be fit to skate upon in another...
...their first year at college, extreme diffidence in entering college sports is praiseworthy. The Mott Haven team has lost good men from '85, and it is absolutely necessary that their places should be filled. An observer in the gymnasium can see plenty of '89 men who are fit to try for the Mott Haven, and it is evident that lack of confidence is the reason which has caused the non-appearance of the freshmen. Harvard's superiority in track athletics must be preserved...
...library petition has been granted. The petition was signed by the majority of the students, and the fact that the faculty have seen fit to grant it proves conclusively that any reform of not too vital a nature can be accomplished by the united interest of the students. Reserved books can now be taken from the library between four in the afternoon and sunset. By this change the average gain in time by the students is nearly three-quarters of an hour each day. We sincerely trust that this privilege will not be abused, and that it will accomplish...