Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...What a spiritless land this America is, where you cannot find a dozen young fellows who will sit down to a cozy drinking-bout for about four hours of an evening!" This rebuke was greeted with a loud burst of laughter by all his hearers, and in order to maintain his aggressive standpoint successfully, and to convince his hearers of the truth of his statement, he gave a vivid description of one of these "drinking nights." The students form regular clubs whose constitution, by-laws, and members all centre about the beer-mug. A meeting is held once or twice...
...desire to stir only a few so that they will come forward and help the present reading-room. Only twenty subscriptions are needed to make the society good for its present debts. Twenty-five men are wanted to join the association, contribute, each one his dollar, and thus maintain a useful institution in our midst. An admirable collection of papers is now on file. In addition to the large dailies, are found the weeklies and the prominent college exchanges. The Pioneer Press and the Scientific American have lately been added to the list. We are confident that the merits...
...part of the time without the protection of a proctor, but this very fact, it would seem, ought to place the men upon their honor. If, however, there is no honor or sense of manliness left, the college authorities must be called upon to enforce the discipline which they maintain in other entries of the college buildings. At this very time, when so much is being said of the progress of our university, it is certainly humiliating to descend to a discussion of the best method of dealing with a set of school-boys...
...living' been asked with such persistency as now. The college teacher should answer it, when questioned by the student under his charge. More than eight hundred Harvard students have petitioned not to be required to attend prayers, and they are supported by the faculty. It must be difficult to maintain a religious feeling in such a state of affairs...
...lady remarked that she guessed that no young man in such a state could be very moral. Whether any exact definition of morality could be found in Harvard undergraduate ethics is a matter of grave doubt. Some think that morality taboes smoking, drinking, gambling, and the like. Others maintain that the term is not so general. Still, others say nothing, but adopt a code of morals so highly elastic that they do not themselves dare to classify their acts. Is it true that the students of Harvard smoke more, drink deeper, and live faster than the students of other colleges...