Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crew. The "Cooke stroke" differs in a marked degree from the stroke of last year. The former stroke was a short sweep, with a quick recover ; now the sweep is very long, the recovery slow. In the former stroke the legs and back were used in a quick, jerky manner, which is now superseded by not using the legs at all, the back being kept rigid until the completion of the stroke...
...four year's course of study. Certificates were granted to three students setting forth that the recipients had "pursued a course of study equivalent in amount and quality to that for which the degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred in Harvard College, and has passed in a satisfactory manner examinations on that course, corresponding to the college examinations." A fourth student received a certificate to the effect that she had "successfully pursued, through a period of four years, a course of Liberal study given under the auspices of this Society by instructors in Harvard College." In addition to these...
...John's College, eight scholarships are appropriated to Hereford Grammar School, five to Manchester, five to Marlborough, and the examination is made at the schools by Cambridge examiners. In like manner at Oxford, at New College, six scholarships each year of L80 a year are secured to Winchester School at Balliol, ten "Snell" scholarships are given annually to Glasgow University ; at Christ's Church, three each year to Westminister ; at St. John's, fifteen are awarded to Merchant Taylors' School (London) after open examination by Oxford examiners at the school. I could mention many more, but this may suffice...
...ball sailed away into the air, and the entire crowd went tearing after it. It came down and bounded once. A Wesleyan man seized it, and a Princeton man seized him, and, after slinging him round and round two or three times, threw him away in a disgusted manner. He landed about on the point of his right ear and two Princeton men jumped on him. He yelled "down!" Every one knew he was down; there was not any doubt about that. Then they let him up and the two sides formed in lines on each side of the ball...
Last year the all-important question in the university was the subject of the governor's degree. That question was grappled with by the overseers in a very heroic fashion, and the Gordian knot was cut, although the manner of its cutting may have displeased many. In other words the custom of conferring the degree of LL. D. upon the governor was stopped. Now in the face of the election of Mr. Robinson the question again arises. Every one agreed that the custom of conferring the degree was a bad one and every one was glad to see it broken...