Word: grave
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that is mortal of the old HARVARD DAILY HERALD has had to undergo one more change before its name could be finally buried in the grave of the past, and in consequence of this change we come before our readers this morning as the DAILY CRIMSON. Several reasons have led us to make this alteration ; the fact that the CRIMSON is an older name, and on that account one more firmly connected with the college and its institutions, than the somewhat complex title we have been bearing ; the fact that crimson is the college color, and the agreement, based...
...gained the name from some critics of being apathetic. This is not so. The menwere fighting for the Union and not for any glory or financial gain, and they gave their lives simply and quietly, to keep the Union whole. A pure patriotism inspired them, and with grave faces they looked on every battle gained which made the Union firmer, but filled them with grief at the loss of comrades, who, in many instances, had been their boyish playmates. Two traits were remarkable in our volunteers, steadfastness and tenacity. No surprise, no flight or severe fire of the enemy, threw...
...fair mastery over all the subjects which today are offered for a secondary education. Those who think otherwise think that the five languages, mathematics, history, and all the other studies can be acquired if the boys would only use all the time at their disposal. The solution of this grave problem lies in the hands of the teachers of the secondary schools...
...Into the cold, cold, grave, my cherub...
When we consider the grave trouble at Princeton some years ago, and when now we hear the reports of unusual illness at Yale, we have reason to congratulate ourselves that Harvard has for years maintained the reputation of being a perfectly healthful place. We have heard of a parent, undecided as to whether he should send his boy to Yale or Harvard, settling finally on the latter, solely because of the reported malarial tendencies of New haven. And this imminity of Harvard is undoubtedly due in great measure to the wise fore-thought of the college authorities. Three...