Word: general
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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These suggestions we offer in no captious or fault-finding spirit. The general character of work is so excellent that it seems a pity that these small defects should not be remedied...
...This regatta will be held at Saratoga on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of July, and the first day has been set apart for the intercollegiate contests. These races are exciting much interest among colleges in general, and will be doubtless sure of a large entry...
...could be found to propose that a certificate of indigence be hereafter required from competitors. Yet, if it is wise to award a hundred dollars to a successful essayist without asking questions or requiring awkward confessions, it is difficult to see why it would not be well to encourage general scholarship in precisely the same way. In the case of "bread studies," the hope of the solid gain to which they lead makes other stimulus unnecessary. But a college wishing to compete with them in securing young men of the first promise may properly offer some recompense for that exceptional...
...time has gone by when students, as a general rule, enter college with the intention of obtaining what is usually understood as a "liberal education." In old times things were different. That was the period when learning was the special privilege of the few, but now, when education runs through the public schools and colleges free to all as the water that satisfies the thirsty, affairs are changed, and institutions of learning must be guided by the progress of events, and conform to the present condition of the world...
...Crimson supper was held at Mrs. Brown's last Tuesday evening, seventeen gentlemen being present. It was announced that a considerable sum remained in the treasury, and the question was discussed as to the best use to make of it. The general sentiment was in favor of keeping it for a permanent fund, and only using the interest. The matter was finally referred to a committee of five, from the '79, '80, and '81 boards, to draw up some scheme and report at a future meeting...