Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...every man who presents himself as a candidate for the University crew this evening feels how great is the responsibility which rests upon the captain and upon himself, and how much he owes it to the whole college to do his individual daily work in a conscientious manner, there is no reason why Harvard should not have a crew in the spring which will be able to compete with any other crew which may appear on the water...
...land, building, and necessary appliances were furnished to the City of Cambridge through the generosity of Mr. Frederick Ringe, who was formerly a resident of Cambridge, and, moreover, a student at Harvard years ago. Mr. Rindge's affection for his native place has manifested itself in a very bountiful manner. He has given the city, ground for a new town hall, a splendid library building, an English high school building (not yet erected, to cost about $100,000) and the industrial school. The school is well adapted to meet the requirements of such an institution; it has the best...
...just adopted a new system of rules in regard to the government of the students. This system is modeled to a great extent after the one now in use at Harvard, but the details have not yet been fully worked out. The principal change is in regard to the manner of making out the reports of the students. At present, each student is given his rank and position in the class according to a marking system. After this term. however, the classes will be divided into groups according to rank...
Under the first head, he described the working of the present system, laying especial stress on the power vested in State legislatures to determine the manner of election of presidential electors in their several states. Under the second head he claimed that under the present system the president might be and has been elected by the minority of voters. Another point made under this heading was that according to the present system many voters were virtually disfranchised in states returning a large majority in either direction. Under the third head, the argument that the present system would destroy state individuality...
...cricketers of Philadelphia, encouraged by the easy manner in which they defeated Canada last July, and the recent victories over the Gentlemen of Ireland, will very likely send an eleven over to England next spring. This team will be called, like its predecessor which was so successful, "The Gentlemen of Philadelphia." The former visit was in '84. Sine then many young cricketers have sprung into prominence and by their performances in the recent international matches proved that they could uphold the reputation of the '84 team...