Word: knows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Many of the visitors attracted to the town of Heidelberg neither know of nor care about the existence of its university, all their attention being attracted by the noble castle, one of the finest ruins in Germany, which crowns the hill on whose slope the town is built. The few who know that it is an university town, by noticing the different colored caps of the students in the streets, seldom visit the buildings, and leave the town without seeing a university whose fame is world-wide...
...That certainly is a good showing,-though I must admit, sad as it may seem, that Yale sent more men to the Tribune than any other college, not even excepting Harvard. Of course, it is true that many of these newspaper men hold only subordinate places; in fact, I know of one friend of mine, who has attained a great title, but little pay, on a small paper in the West, and who is an instance in point, He wrote recently, that he was holding the position of third assistant editor. I regarded this as a remarkably good position, until...
...order that members may be able better to know what is desired of them, I have written a brief, imaginary life, which is necessarily dull and uninteresting because of its unreality. In general, members are requested to write their genealogy some what in detail, telling all of their relatives that may have been famous, their father's business, mother's maiden name, and the residence of both. Next, stating your birth-place, you are invited to chronicle all precocious traits of childhood; your early school days; place of preparing for college, and all honors received at entrance. Mention the name...
...McCosh of Princeton, said, after a lecture to the senior class last Thursday: "Our college is not in a good state. I do not know exactly the feeling of the students. I wish to say if any one has any complaint to make, let him bring it to the faculty, and I will promise him a fair hearing. I am president of the college and have authority. If you wish to go to the trustees-it is the highest authority-that court is open to you. The public, as I happen to know, thinks the college...
...athletic committee of that body and we are now once more in doubt as to the final result. We think that, instead of waiting for something to turn up at which it is possible to strike, the students should themselves take the initiative. It is they who know best what they want, and if they wish the faculty to enact rules which they can heartily support, they ought to let that body know what these wants are. Some action should be taken, either by the athletic organizations, as heretofore, or a general discussion of the subject should be encouraged...