Word: locals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...implant in tellectual ambition and a high purpose, and this can be done only by a common sympathy for noble ends. Freshmen bring their home standards with them, and there is a decided difference between the present standards and those of the time when Harvard was a local institution After a man has been here some time he is influenced by oral traditions, and, among other things, boys of 18 or 19 play the same pranks as fourteen-year old freshmen did long ago. By these same traditions, too, the Harvard "breeding," which enable observant people to tell a graduate...
...Malen and Medford, while places like New York and Philadelphia are wholly neglected. Languor and indifference are the prevailing points in our musical organizations. The recent concert of the Pierian Sodality at Sanders showed the presence of talent and ability in this line. Although we cannot dispense with these local concerts, we desire to see Harvard's name and influence extended by the efforts of her musical societies. We advocate a healthful activity in musical as well as aesthetic affairs...
...concerts were everywhere attended by large and fashionable audiences and were most favorably mentioned by the local newspapers...
...stability of our government depends upon our implicit observance of the constitution. Relief can therefore be obtained only through local interference.-Debates in Civil Rights Bill Record, 43rd Cong., 2d session...
There is to be a tug-of-war competition between teams representing local boat-clubs to-morrow evening in Union Hall, Cambridge port...