Word: impressive
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...these together," says the Magazine, "give name and character to our noblest and best institutions of learning so much as the influence of the men who have gone out from their walls, carrying with them deep and lasting veneration and love for the alma mater. If they have the impress from the college on their characters and manners of generous and elevating instruction, and possess some peculiar, fine flavoring of life, derivable from its distinctive qualities, they will prove living epistles in its behalf and interest known and read of all men; and, if it has bound them...
...French guests to the Yorktown celebration, who visited Harvard in the fall of 1881. In his book the author devotes an entire chapter to Boston, including an amusing account of his trip to Harvard. When he says that the architectural beauty of the buildings did not impress him very forcibly we can readily agree with him, but when he remarks that the students are all obliged to live in the college buildings and are not compelled to attend prayers, we can but wish, in the latter case at least, that his information was correct...
...studies pursued are the acquiring of a graceful step and ease of manner. The importance of these the capable and efficient instructors quickly impress upon one with a club and a choice vocabulary of oaths. No rhetoric is taught the pupils; indeed they are taught that "silence is golden" in every case, excepting when a delicate musical effect is to be produced. Then loud whispering and giggling is firmly insisted on, to heighten the impression. Applications for admission are received at the stage door of the theatre. The fee for instruction is merely nominal. The only requirement is to pass...
...cent of the women reached that rank. That is to say, while every woman graduating but one was in the first division, only one man in three was so placed. The age of the women was slightly less than that of the men. Such facts as these will impress the most prejudiced person of woman's capacity for work; but, unhappily, zealots will use them as the basis of utterly untenable conclusions...
...senior photograph committee are to be congratulated on the success which has so far attended their efforts. There still remain, however, quite a number of men who are dilatory in responding to the requests for appointments; upon these we would impress the necessity of attending to the matter immediately. The class, as a whole, made a great move in the right direction by electing their photographer at a very early date. It now remains with the individual members of the class to prove that a marked gain has been made by this new method. Men are urged to make their...