Word: longer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vacation of the Yale students has been made a week longer by a recent vote of their faculty, and next fall the men will not have to return to New Haven until Sept...
...belong to the intellectual professions are not liberally educated." Such a statement from such a source well deserves a thorough consideration. The cry "are our young men being educated for the work of the twentieth century or the seventeenth?" takes upon itself a new significance. It is no longer a question of whether Mr. Adams is right, but of the true meaning of a liberal education. There can, of course, be no question of the fact that there are many professional men in the country who have a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of their professions and are indisputably pre-eminent...
...this all important information more than the men who were in the upper classes. Yet, even the upper classes felt that no trouble was taken either by the professors or faculty to make their choice easier. We are glad to say that this unfortunate state of affairs no longer exists, and in all probability will never reappear. Both faculty and instructors have vied with each other in giving all the aid possible, both to new and old students. The instructors for their part, have kindly volunteered to see and talk with any of the men and give them the benefit...
Apropos of what was said a few days ago concerning President White's ideas of society halls, we give the following longer quotation from his speech of that subject...
...increasing interest the improvements which have taken place in the different crews. It is probably safe to say that seldom, in any class race, have the four crews been in better condition than they are at present. This is especially true of the three upper classes, who, from their longer experience in rowing, have a decided advantage over the freshman crew, which has, moreover, been weakened recently by the loss of a very promising oar. According to the best boating authorities, the race between the three upper lasses will be the most interesting and exciting which has been rowed...