Word: interest
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...system of the governing boards of the College is so admirable that we cannot fail to be a little proud of it. The chief power is vested in the hands of those who are most likely to take the deepest interest in the College, and who are best fitted to judge what is for its welfare, - the graduates; we are free from all political influences which stand in the way of advancement in many institutions, and the evils which President Eliot set forth so well in his argument against a National University; we are not governed by a close Corporation...
...students of Williston Seminary, at East Hampton, Mass., are taking a lively interest in boating. They have purchased a shell, and have challenged the Hopkins Grammar School at New Haven...
...another column will be found an article pointing out the true cause of the decline in rowing interest. This article fully represents the opinion of the Editors on this matter, and should have the attention of all students who care to see boating kept up at Harvard...
SEMIANNUALS, with all their accompanying trials, have been a subject of such general and vital interest to the undergraduate mind during the past three weeks, that the question, Are they an unmixed good? may not be out of place...
...word more, and I have done. Take an interest in literary matters, and write for the College Pen. Nothing gives so much eclat to a man's entree into society as a little reputation as a scribbler. The Pen is read everywhere, and anything you write will have a large and appreciative audience. Do not, however, let them publish the addresses you deliver before the literary societies. They may be well enough in their place, but entre nous, they smack a little of the Occident. Besides, it is well not to identify one's self with one's companions...