Word: manifest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...long as graduates from different colleges are allowed to go into the world to compete for the prizes of life, "the conditions under which' they compete should be as hearty equal as possible. It is manifest that the conditions could not be equal' while the colleges differ in respect to the number and wealth of their students, the worth of their property, and the value of their foundation." Therefore...
...desire to win the championship, or to attain the highest degree of excellence in these sports be made the paramount aim, then the practice of athletics is likely to be attended with evils that demand consideration. Some of these evils have already begun to make themselves manifest in the practice of college sports. With a view to correcting them and of making athletic exercises an aid instead of a hindrance to the cause of education, the Inter-collegiate Athletic Conference recommend the adoption of the following resolutions...
...members to benefit their friends who are not members by making purchases for them on their own tickets. We regret that it should be necessary for us to take notice of such deeds, but the fact that they take place calls for condemnation. It is, or ought to be, manifest that such behavior on the part of members, if not dishonest, at least comes pretty close to it, especially since it is clearly understood that the benefits of the society are only intended for its members. It seems to us that every one in the college ought to be willing...
There are indications that Cambridge is yearly becoming of less and less importance as an independent town, and is gradually nearing the fulfillment of the manifest destiny of its geographical position, and is becoming a mere suburb and dependency of Boston. It seems probable that its founders in selecting a site for the university were influenced in the belief that in Cambridge, or New Town, they had hit upon a most excellent place of rural retirement; far enough removed from the temptations of the larger city of Boston for safety, and yet near enough for convenience. Alas, that the mutations...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON. -The manifest injustice of the hour examination system appears in the recent announcement of two for the same date, Jan. 7th. The time necessary for preparation for the final examinations is not only thus seriously encroached upon, but those men who have both courses must devote a portion of the already pitiably short Christmas recess to preparation for this needless aggravation-the strongest modern argument against conservation of energy-where an immense amount of labor is expended with no adequate results-the hour examination. It is due to the respective professors to state that they are both...