Word: freshness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ceased a number of excited young gentlemen endeavored to nominate candidates for the vice-presidency, and finally Mr. John Balch, of the Roxbury Latin School, was elected to the position, his adherants being materially aided by a strong delegation of sophomores seated at the back of the hall. A fresh delegation of sophomores now made their appearance at the door, and the rush that ensued lasted for fully three minutes, accompanied by the crashing of settees and the demolition of stiff hats. When this diversion had ceased the upperclassmen at the back of the room again lent their...
...Twixt soph, and fresh. enacted...
...themselves to disinterested study. Examinations and original research are incompatible terms. The object of the one is to appear wise, the object of the other to be so. The one is mercenary, the other unselfish. I have known of cases in which men have come to Oxford with a fresh and sympathetic interest in language or history, and have sadly watched it gradually fading under the influences of the examination system, until, by the time their course has been finished, it has disappeared altogether, They have become like their companions, with the schools and the boats as the main topic...
...this tedious mediocrity which has amazed me year after year. In spelling, punctuation, and grammar, some of the essays are a little worse than the mass, and some a great deal better; but in other respects there is dead-level, unvaried by a fresh thought or an individual expression. Almost all the writers use the same common-place vocabulary-a very small one-in the same confused way. One year, after reading 200 or 300 compositions on "The Story of the Tempest," I found myself in such profound ignorance of both plot and characters that I had to read...
...pleasant a theme to handle as the two victories we have commented upon. We have been waiting now for many a long year to chronicle the winning of a freshman championship. With each incoming class we have revived our hopes for this championship, only to meet with fresh disappointments. Eighty-six and eighty-seven won each a game from their New Haven rivals. Eighty-eight has failed to do even this. The Boston Herald characterizes the present freshman nine as a "gigantic failure." Without meaning to be harsh in our criticism, we are inclined to accept this estimate...