Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...then will say that Harvard poets are not different from other poets? They sing longer, louder, and better than the poets of other colleges. They say more, if they mean less, than other writers of their stamp. They mark distinctly a growing element in Harvard culture. Indigestion and good health are as clearly marked in Harvard verse as in the writings of a Lucy Larcom or a Carlyle. Poetry is one means open to us for the expression of our better thoughts. The verse in which we speak takes on a new significance, expresses a deeper power, as we grow...
...stopped at once if the proper measures were adopted. Where each senior is allowed more tickets than he can possibly use among his more immediate friends, it is natural that he should be led to dispose of them recklessly rather than that they should be unused. If a less number of yard tickets were allowed to each senior, and if each extra ticket purchased should be placed at a higher price, there would be far less occasion to squander the tickets issued, and the character of those admitted to our evening festivities would be distinctly of a less questionable type...
...different colors of Jerseys, Tights, Skull Caps, Sweaters, etc. He can show you more variety, better quality, and later novelties in gymnasium goods than any other store. His advice is, save your money and avoid fancy prices when you can get the same article for 30 per cent. less at 436 Harvard street...
...applied to the Boston Journal in its last issue. This newspaper is called a "filthy and mendacious contemporary." Such language is in the first place unmerited. It is, moreover, very unbecoming and discourteous for respectable journals to indulge in spiteful warfare. We sometimes see such vituperation in our less civilized college exchanges, but we had never expected to find its counterpart in a newspaper which usually has an air of eminent respectability...
...mere efforts of memory and blind trusting to luck, would consist of abolishing all examinations, and substituting in their place theses to be written by the students on topics given out by the instructor and suggested by the course. These theses could be written once a month, or less often, at the option of the instructor, their length varying, of course, inversely with the number required. The subjects could easily be made so comprehensive as to necessitate a fair knowledge of the ground covered by the course, and even if they were only special topics, the student would...