Word: gathers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...eight" form a small proportion of the college; and that hence the manifest evils of inter-collegiate contests are not to be endured for the sake of the benefit done to a few athletes. They insist that the evils are many and positive. Large concourses of students gather in the cities subject to all the excitement of college rivalry, to all the temptations offered by college friends, and to all the opportunities of a holiday in a large city. These are, clearly enough, grave objections, and can be urged against some (by no means against all) of the inter-collegiate...
...there is soon to be a return match, and we hope to retrieve ourselves. To be sure there is not much glory in defeating a Rutgers team, but it is certainly preferable to being defeated by them, except perhaps, for the fun we of the college press would gather from reading their indiscribable sheet for the next few years, when every number would contain some allusion to "the time we licked Columbia...
...seems to be the general belief among the upper classes that if at any time a body of freshmen - small or large - gather together they cannot behave like gentlemen. On the night in question these same forty freshmen went to the theatre for their own amusement, and with the intention of creating no disturbance. As they went with the intention of behaving like gentlemen, they cannot understand how they were conscious of any "wickedness" or "furtive glances" at a party of nine sophomores, or a total of thirteen college men, the only college men who were in the theatre beside...
...more than mention the numerous lectures and readings which are regularly posted in the weekly calendars, no to expatiate upon the rare opportunities afforded the laziest to receive knowledge without any personal outlay except an hour's attention. But we cannot suppress our astonishment at the meagre audiences which gather to hear the greater part of these readings. Every man who in the future will say he spent four years at college, could reasonably be called upon for some acquaintance, however superficial, with the masterpieces of Greek and Latin literature, and comparatively few of us would care to be shown...
...Nobody can tell," says the Times, "where the great centre of Anglo-Saxon culture in America shall be found hereafter. It will not be difficult to tell where it might be found, if some strong university amply endowed (as Columbia is) should gather about it available germinating forces-the men who are to be the leaders in future literary movements. This is Columbia's opportunity, and many who wish well for our country are watching to see if the opportunity will be seized and improved...