Word: forward
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...position to grumble. To find fault with men to whom we were under so many obligations would have been worse than ingratitude. We could only hope that some new and unexpected material would show itself, or still better, that the old crew might relent. New material did come forward, much of it very good; but there was a sad lack of weight. On the whole, the outlook for the '79 race was anything bur cheerful. Consequently last week, when the glad tidings were spread around that four of last year's men had gone into training, and that some eight...
...plan proposed will give to a student the credit due him for proficiency in any special study, and at the same time retain all the advantages heretofore derived from an average. It is a long step forward in the direction of doing greater justice to all, and is a necessary corollary to the elective system, and therefore it is earnestly to be hoped that it will be adopted...
...before the Finance Club on Friday evening last. In spite of the Semi-annuals a large number of undergraduates were present, besides several members of the Faculty. The Finance Club have reason to be satisfied with the success of their first lecture, and their future ones will be looked forward to with much interest...
...Courant says of base-ball prospects: "We have every reason to look forward with hope to the nine, for the retrieving of our lost honors of last year. Captain Hutchinson is doing vigorous work in the base-ball interests of the college. Negotiations have been on foot, now for a long time, for the series of games that will begin with the opening of the season." The Courant is at present exchanging compliments with the Record, as witness the following: "When we turn to the exchanges our surprise all vanishes as we see the students of Cornell characterized as 'muckers...
...higher education has only a relative significance, - they are not generally in want of food or shelter. Bearing this in mind, and taking the classes of inherited culture to whom college opportunities especially appeal, it may be questioned whether the poor, who, for good and sufficient reasons, cannot come forward and prove their poverty, do not form the majority...