Word: harshness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this there is great injustice done to the college and to the student. There runs through all the comment on Harvard's apparent devotion to things of little real moment, a harsh note of accusation. The suggestion is that at Harvard the high ideals which properly belong to advanced education are lost sight of. On whom the responsibility for this fancied neglect of the ideal rests, is not generally understood; but instructors, as well as students, are implicated in the charge. The absurdity of this would be realized at once by one who knew anything of Harvard. There could hardly...
...Yard itself scarcely belongs more peculiarly to Harvard men than does Holmes Field; yet they are apparently to lose the latter before the loss is necessary. Students will probably always be reluctant to acknowledge the necessity for change; at least, then, until necessity is asserted, it seems far too harsh a measure to insist on the abandonment of Holmes Field...
...change of poetic tone which takes place at the beginning of this part of the Divine Comedy is no less marked than is the change of sentiment. The harsh, rough rhymes, fitted to the picture of Hell, give way to sweeter, gentler cadences, and the poem begins to have more light and happiness...
...place for such discipline, if that is what is desired. A man is supposed to have got that before. Every man forgets at times, and that the penalty for such a little slip should be to deprive him of the most valued associations of his college life seems harsh and unjust. Of course it will be said that such valued associations should be better cared for. I can only say that a man's memory, especially when he is at all busy does not always retain facts with much regard to their relative importance...
...class football championship yesterday afternoon in a well-earned victory, defeating the freshmen by the score of 8 to 0. Soldiers Field was covered with snow, and with the cold wind blowing across the grounds, it was impossible to play good football, much fumbling resulting. Considering the harsh weather, a considerable number of supporters turned out and often the enthusiasm of the seniors led them to get in the way of the players. This is the first time ninety-five has won the football championship, although the class team has been in the finals for the last three years...