Word: leste
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wish to call attention to the resolutions adopted at the meeting of the board of overseers yesterday. It is well known that this body of venerable men has ever been very jealous of its rights,- fearful lest the faculty might infringe upon what it terms its legitimate powers. At this meeting, a resolution was passed, declaring that there should be no change made in the requirements for admission to Harvard College without its consent. Here is a direct clash of authority. The fray now begins. The students can stand one side, and cheer their respective champions. But would...
...only nine men at a time can play the game, and secondly that only two men out of this nine can hold positions which are at all "desirable" President Eliot also calls it a "wretched" game, and "one of the worst games"; these opinions evidently are not deducible (at lest altogether) from the former two, since the value of the game in itself cannot be affected by its value for collegians only; and we take President Eliot's criticisms on the limited number able to play in the game to refer to this only. Many people, whose opinion in such...
Thus there is urgent need of our universities educating their young men on this subject, and showing them the need of action and how to act. But there is also need of care lest they become scornful of universal suffrage. For to deal with all the important problems of the present day, such as the relations of labor and capital, is a calling...
...recitations as they dare, and will do little if any work on their courses up to the time for examination. Then with the aid of tutos and a few days of hard "cramming," they will acquire enough of the leading matter of the subjects in hand to pass the lest prescribed, and be permitted to go along in the same manner until the next examination time when the process is repeated. Such a state of affairs is really ludicrous, when we reflect that men are sent to college to at least acquire some little knowledge more than they...
...morning an unusual excitement was noticeable in the vicinity of the Park and Fifth Avenue Hotels in New York, where excited groups of students of Harvard and Yale respectively had gathered around the head-guarters of their representative in the approaching foot-ball match. Many were anxious Wednesday night lest the weather on the following day should be unfavorable, but Thursday dawned bright and clear promising a perfect day for the great game. A few hours rest after the long and tiresome ride on Wednesday had put our men in good spirits again, and they retired in excellent condition...