Word: liking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...depended upon absolutely to give some of its own beauty to the soul it touches. And if we think as little as possible about their influence but give our energy to keeping these noble men and things always before us we shall come to be more and more like them as surely as there is a law of canse and effect...
...fall of '88, and hence his views on the subject are very far from being mere theories. A young "buck," he says, comes to college full of life, and of the sense of his new-found freedom; he soon falls in with a crowd of others just like himself, and this crowd casts about for an outlet for their animal spirits. Then, before any harm is done, comes the call for candidates for the various foot ball teams. They join practice squads and are forced to keep regular hours, and to put by smoking and drinking and all their newly...
...held, not in the Grand Opera House, as heretofore, but in the new Columbia Theatre. We should be glad to receive again the assistance of Harvard men in the singing. A large chorus is desired; and as the music will be of the simplest character, few who would like to give their services, need be deterred by lack of musical power...
From now to December 22 Dr. Herford conducts morning prayers for the last time before leaving for England. He especially hopes that all who would like to call on him will do so during the week...
...library on English and Continental history. 11005 pamphlets were added to the central library in the course of the year. The total number of books there is now about 292000, with 150,000 pamphlets. The class-room and laboratory libraries, exclusive of the great department libraries, like those of the law and divinity schools, now contain 8452 volumes. Try 1889-90 98 per cent. of the students used the central library; in 1890-91 not more than 95 per cent. did so. The decrease is probably to be attributed to the facilities offered by the class-room libraries. The total...