Word: great
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...afternoon at the Academy gymnasium. It was "ladies' day," and the gymnasium was crowded with ladies, Exeter alumni, and a delegation from Philips Andover. The meeting was conducted under the direction of Mr. Dudley, Harvard, '87, at present gymnasium instructor at Exeter, and it was a noteworthy success, reflecting great credit upon the Academy. There were in all seventy-two entries. The first event, the fence vault, was won by Shead, '89, with a vault of 6 feet, 7 3-4 inches, breaking the Exeter record by 5 inches. Heywood, '89. won the running high jump, with a record...
John Crosby has been chosen chairman of the Yale Literary Magazine, a position of great honor at Yale...
...students, with that of any other body of students, while in intellectual matters the ferment of thought and study is far more fruitful and vigorous than elsewhere in America. Furthermore the ratio of higher thinkers to high livers is continually rising, as the library and office statistics show. The great populace at the University is apt to slur over moral laxity in a man provided he is affable and kindly, i.e., a 'good fellow.' Yet it is undeniable that the feeling of contempt, for vice and extravagance, gathers strength among all as the four years pass. The influence...
...have heard a great number of students express regret that no such (?) as open to them and recently some of our most prominent professors have stated that such a course was needed and its absence from the list regular course inexplicable...
...papers have learned to rely upon themselves and confine their comments upon their contemporaries to friendly and usually straightforward criticisms. The proposed dinner is a rational outcome of the tendency towards co-operation, and of the decroase in the spirit of rivalry. We are sure it will call forth great enthusiasm and much good feeling and hope the plan will be successfully carried...