Word: foremost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...point of advisability. Reference is made to the theme work of the present sophomore class. Perhaps there has been enough written pro and con on the English courses and the methods in use, but objection can still be made in one direction at least. Criticism figures first and foremost in almost every part of required work in sophomore English. The second and third themes are in themselves supposed to be criticisms, and after these each student must take the previous theme of a fellow classmate and make a criticism of this, a supplement of the succeeding essay...
...executive committee of the Harvard Union is to be congratulated upon "the choice of subject for debate this evening. The Chinese question is a question of vital interest to every American citizen. It is one of the foremost issues of the day, and demands the earnest consideration of every student of political economy. It is a subject of discussion to-day throughout the country, and finds a place in the platform of every political party. Every student should interest himself in the debate, and make it the means of studying one of the most trying questions...
...practice, but their main function at present is to give their consent a matter of form-to the nominations of instructors, and to hold long and interesting debates on questions proposed by the president; for are they not, as one of their members has proudly called them, the foremost debating society in the land...
...effective; they have made of what used to be a by no means beautiful spot, a place that must now become one of the centres toward which all interest in Harvard is directed. A view of Holmes from any quarter must have a charm for every one, even the foremost indifferent and insensible. The surrounding buildings, all full of interest and some of them true monuments of Harvard's success and greatness, the crimson-uniformed nine in the centre, the runners and bicyclers, the tennis players, and last and laziest, the throng of lookers-on on the out-skirts...
...general effect produced by the book is thoroughly pleasing, and the story will easily take a foremost place among the best romances of late years. We believe that "The Duchess Amelia" places Mr. Wendell in the front rank of our younger authors. No work that has come before our notice of late has given more promise, or shown more strength than this latest addition to American fiction...