Word: knows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...view of the coming celebration, it may be interesting to know in what way our fathers celebrated the birthday of their Alma Mater fifty years ago. The following account of the doings of that memorable day is taken from the History of Harvard University, written by President Quincy...
...fall races of the H. A. A. will soon be announced. As is customary, the handicap meeting will be preceded by a series of races, open only to freshmen, and it is especially desirable that the events of this first meeting be well contested. Other members of the university know the pleasure derived from belonging to the Mott Haven team, and going to New York to compete in the Inter-collegiate sports. Last spring Yale came very near beating us in the number of first prizes. And although we won the cup, many of our valuable men are no longer...
...After a no doubt very careful consideration of all these facts the faculty decided on the plan which was published in the columns of the daily press. This notice was necessarily vague and did not give any of the details which it could only interest the Harvard undergraduate to know. The students have in consequence no exact knowledge of the nature of the new system, and much speculation is heard among them as to how it will be conducted...
...think it fit that the authorities make some official statement of the case to the students. A few words addressed to them by President Eliot would surely meet this demand most readily. Everybody is anxious to know about this change, and it is no more than fair that Harvard's great reforms be at least understood and appreciated by those who are most directly concerned...
...subtract from and add to it certain courses, according to our personal requirements, we should be more certain of attaining our end here than we are by the manner in which many of us now map out our work. The results of our elective system are, as we all know, even far beyond expectation, but we should not omit to guard against the evils which it, in common with every good thing, may bring with it a little conservative spirit, may fitly be preached to the liberalism and freedom...