Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...finally been adopted by the faculty, and which will go into force next year, is in keeping with the conservative liberality which is characteristic of Harvard. While it is not a long stride to the end which many students sincerely hope for, yet it is a careful step forward. The conference which will be established is, it is true, merely advisory, but notwithstanding this fact, there are many benefits that can be devised from it. The recognition of the sentiment of free debate on all college subjects, and open, free conference between students and faculty, and of decorous criticism...
...most prosperous in the history of daily journalism at Harvard. A continuance of this support in the future we beg, that the work of our successors in catering to the daily wants of the students may be made as easy as possible. With this support almost assured we look forward to even greater success for the paper in the future than that which has crowned our own editorial efforts during the year just past...
...good condition should not cause the members to forget that at any moment emergencies may arise that call for prompt and decided action. Good representative men are needed to maintain the success that has been achieved, and now is the time to see that such men are brought forward as candidates. Let each member of the association hand the auditor the name of some efficient man who will serve as a candidate for some position on the Board of Directors. Nominations for president and vice-president must be made before this noon; for directors, before to-morrow noon...
...hold a race-meeting this spring, and earnestly hope that a large number of men will signify their willingness to enter in one or more events in the races, it fact, it will be impossible to have any races this spring, unless, a large number of men come forward from the college, for the Bicycle Club is not allowed this year, as in years past, to invite to the race riders who are not college men. Last year, men like Hendee and Frazier were invited, and a splended exhibition of riding was given at the spring races, but this year...
Perhaps no event in the first two years of a student's life at Harvard is looked forward to with greater anticipation, or back upon with greater pleasure than the sophomore dinner. It is the first social gathering of the class as a whole, and is universally regarded as the culmination of sophomoric spirit. Last Saturday evening, in accordance with the time honored custom, about 125 members of eighty-seven sat down to an excellent repast at the Quincy House. After the wants of the inner man had been satisfied, Mr. F. S. Coolidge, the president of the class, introduced...