Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been founded for the purpose of bringing into pleasant social relations members of the different classes who come from the same state, so that when the four years are completed and the students have returned to their native states, they will be bound more closely together by their former friendship, and will feel a greater interest in the home alumni associations. The Harvard Club at San Francisco, which greatly outnumbers the Yale club in that city, is doing its utmost to induce the young men of California who desire a university training, to choose Harvard as the place most adapted...
...Henry E. Parker, D. D., of Dartmouth, visited Bermuda, and while there met Mr. Hallgarten. The New Yorker was favorably impressed with his new acquaintance, and their intimacy was continued by a visit from the banker at Professor Parker's beautiful Hanover home. Out of this friendship and admiration for one of the college's most popular professors resulted the bequest of $50,000 to the college. An added interest attaches to the gift for the reason that no one was aware of the intention of the benefactor until after his death...
...used in a way which, though often without cause, creates universal discontent among those striving for position. It would be a strange thing indeed, if every captain elected by the students to fill this important office was "the eight man in the eight place," who puts aside all personal friendships and enmities in picking out his men. He might retain, influenced by friendship, an average man, on the ground that he would fill the position as well as need be, and thus look over, or set aside a man who would fill the post better. This conduct discourages and disgusts...
...cannot too strongly urge the senior class to exercise care and judgment in their selection of class day officers tonight. Personal friendship, violent personal likes and dislikes should have no place in the meeting. '84 has so far been in every way a class for the college to be proud of, and the college hoped and expects that those to represent her on her day of farewell will be, each for his place, the very best the class can give. Some of the class day offices may rightly be looked upon as the tribute that the class has to offer...
...Thwing evidently has a high opinion of the average college paper, both as a "mirror of undergraduate sentiment" and as an "admirable training school for professional journalists," while he considers it of great service to the cause of higher education in "promoting inter-collegiate friendship and in exhibiting the methods of instruction and government," at the various colleges. But he also recognizes the dangers to which the college journalist is exposed but considers that they can be avoided by taking proper precautions. But he pays them the highest compliment when, speaking of their moral influence, he says.-"The college paper...