Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this case any such considerations would be out of place. This is by no means the first instance of the Bursar's swinging his unofficial whip. It is only a year ago or less that he turned out a student from his room, which was obtained in an honest manner, and advertised the room to let. But for the timely action of the President, who ordered the Bursar to give the room back to the occupant, the latter would have been obliged to undergo all the annoyances that follow any "misunderstanding" of the Bursar. But in the case...
...little vaguely, and people (after you've got up your reputation) will be sure to twist your words into meanings which are equally new and acceptable to you. Above all, keep trying. There's nothing like it. Remember how Jacob wrestled with the angel. Do you in like manner wrestle with bon mots. Affect to read strange and uncommon books. Be unusual in your tastes. Be any thing rather than nothing. You must keep prominently before people's eyes at any cost; for so long as you are notorious there is some hope of your becoming famous. Above all, keep...
...growing tendency of showing one's approbation by immoderate applause, or his displeasure by hissing the actions of men in athletic contests, should be discouraged and frowned down, especially hissing, for if a man conducts himself in such an ungentlemanly manner as to arouse a feeling of disgust among the spectators, he shows only too plainly by such conduct that the hisses of the spectators will have little or no effect upon him; and one ungentlemanly act certainly does not deserve another. It seems to us that an excited crowd is often too apt to misinterpret the actions...
...publisher's decision. It has filled its place; and it is not the fault of Mr. King if the enterprise has not proved a success. But it has never been an undergraduate college paper, in the customary sense of the word, nor an official publication, by any manner of means; and, therefore, we have always deprecated its claims as a representative of Harvard or of Harvard opinion. Be that as it may, the Register has certainly been no discredit to the University, and its discontinuance may reasonably be regretted by many persons...
...greatest care should be taken of the rooms, and of every thing in them. It is, of course, impossible that the Bursar should himself superintend these matters; but the fact that some of the janitors do not perform these duties at all, and others only in a most unsatisfactory manner, shows them to be very inefficient men for their places. A part of this inefficiency is doubtless due to the fact that each janitor wishes to make as much money as possible, and therefore hires the cheapest, which is the poorest, help, - in most cases recommended by an intelligence office...