Word: impressment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whose father is a man of the world, and whose mother is engaged other wise than in home duties, whose older brothers and sisters are already leading lives of gaiety if not of dissipation. Some preparatory schools are so un-American, so undemocratic and priggish as to impress their students that they are the favored ones on this earth. These boys are the most to be pitied of any class in college, since they are isolated, although it be by their own choice, and receive little comfort or enjoyment in college life. They are not in the current...
Will you kindly impress upon the freshman class the desirability of bringing out their best men as candidates for the crew...
...class, and his breadth of character, strengthened and nourished by travel, was a marked feature in his life. He always took an active interest in all college affairs, but especially in those for advancing the interests of Harvard. His moral nature was exceptionally pure, and could not fail to impress all with whom he came in contact...
...Literary Criticism" from the pen of Mr. G. R. Carpenter is one of the most valuable articles which have appeared in the Monthly. It is a study of the laws of criticism with an estimate of the influences of Saints Beuve upon Matthew Arnold. The writer's words impress upon us the dignity of the work of the true critic. The thoughts of Mr. Carpenter deserve to be taken to heart...
...wish to impress upon the men, especially those inexperienced in the method of conducting examinations, the importance of bringing to the examination room nothing which can be construed as having been introduced from a dishonest motive. The phrase "college honor" has still a vigorous force, and appeals to every thoughtful Harvard...