Word: gentleman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...launched forth a bitter criticism against the management of the CRIMSON. We have a great respect for the opinions of our sister paper, knowing that she always says what she means and says it well. But in this case she has been a little ungenerous-nay, unjust. If the gentleman who wrote that stinging editorial will turn to past files of the CRIMSON he will see that the paper has greatly improved typographically. Accidents will happen occasionally, of course; but the general appearance is superior to that of past volumes. As for the charge of our not leading or making...
Athletic exercise receives careful attention. It is believed that while the body should keep pace with the mind, the exercise of the body ought to be conducted under specific rules. The training of students in this department is intrusted to the gentleman who originated it, Dr. J. William White. A splendidly appointed gymnasium and ample grounds are provided as accessories...
...Princeton men that subscriptions have been raised, not only tardily, but in such small amounts. Several alumni agreed to donate a thousand dollars provided the undergraduates of the college furnished twelve thousand. Before this latter amount was raised the money promised by the alumni was asked for, but the gentleman who had control of the matter courteously refused, stating at the same time that when Princeton men made an agreement they should be taught to carry it out. There are seven of last year's team back: Brownlee, c.; Mercur, King, p., Wagenhusst, 3b.; Price, s. s.; Durell...
...anger and sometimes to mirth by the condition of the public mind towards institutions of education. Many seem to regard Harvard as a patent machine, warranted by the corporation and faculty to take any material in its grip, and, after four years, turn out a first-class scholar and gentleman. No matter how ill prepared, how feeble the mind, how powerless the will, how vicious the habits, how indolent the nature, how undisciplined the character, Harvard is to turn them, one and all, into scholars and useful citizens. Much is done. The great majority, of whom little is heard...
...wish to endorse very emphatically the statements and propositions made in the article on Memorial Hall in our yesterday's issue. The gentleman who gave himself the pains to investigate the management of the hall is a man of very high standing in New York City, and his purpose was of the most disinterested kind. The results of his investigations as partially given in our article of yesterday, show that he approached the matter in detail, with the earnest purpose of suggesting real and practical improvements. The proposition that the college ought to employ a salaried official to control...