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...success of our Cooperative society has surpassed the expectations of its founders. When it first started it was looked upon with suspicion by a number who feared that it would never succeed in gaining a foothold in the university, largely on account of the much-talk-of "Harvard indifference." But in spite of the many difficulties attending its foundation it has attained a remarkable degree of success and has become at last firmly established as one of the permanent institutions of the college. The membership is larger than ever before and numbers almost half of the university. It does...
...Calhoun spoke like a college professor demonstrating to his class," says John Wentworth, in his "Congressional Reminiscences." "College professors in the South were his great admirers, and taught his doctrines to their students. At the time of his death he was gaining a strong foothold among the scholars of the North, who seemed incapable of resisting the seductive reasoning of his perceptive, comprehensive and analytic mind. Senator John P. Hale of New Hampshire once came to my seat and said: 'I am going to astonish you. Mr. Calhoun has just brought to me a letter, which he said...
...meeting yesterday of the Inter-Collegiate Lacrosse Association marks an important step in the history of lacrosse in the United States, and indicates that lacrosse has at last secured a firm foothold among other legitimate collegiate sports. With flourishing teams at Princeton, Yale and Harvard, the association may reasonably hope to see a rapid spread of the game to other colleges. The adoption of a modified list of playing rules by the convention was a move of great importance for the future of the game. These, if published, will afford all an opportunity to acquire acquaintance with the theory...
...recent attempt to secure a foothold for the admission of women to the Harvard Medical School seems to have provoked little interest among the students of the university at large-a fact that is undoubtedly due to the feeling on the part of the college that the possibility of the successful termination of such an attempt is very remote, and that an attempt to secure their admission into the college proper would be still more unavailing. This confidence is undoubtedly well grounded. The rigid conservatism of the government of Harvard University has been so repeatedly proved that the danger...
...Before you seek honors in political life," says Governor Foster to the young men of Ohio, be sure you have gained a foothold in business." Right you are, governor! If a man has not the means to get shekels he had better keep out of politics, for he can never succeed in them. - [Post...