Word: matter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ceased to be a prominent topic of conversation. The proposal to endow a university with land, books, etc., to the amount of nearly $2,000,000 was made about a year ago to the City of Worcester. The gift having been accepted by the city, it was an easy matter to obtain a charter from the legislature. A brief delay was experienced by the formation of the corporation and the choice of suitable plans for the different college buildings. As soon as the preliminary difficulties were overcome, active operations were begun on the main building. This took place early...
...take only such courses as one feel he is reasonably sure of a good grade in. A man who has received high marks for two or three years hardly cares to court a D by taking a subject that he realizes he may get that mark on,- no matter though the course be both desirable and beneficial. The rule stands as a temptation to take snap courses and as a beacon light to earn men from instructors who have the reputation of being hard markers, although these self same instructors may be among the most desirable men to be under...
PFEIFFER.NOTICES only can be left at Leavitt and Peirce's before nine o'clock in order to insure publication in the CRIMSON of the following morning. Other matter must be in by 6 o'clock...
...ought to be avoided. It is also too evident to need statement that a man who has been in college two or three years has a weightier claim to getting into a college building than the man who just comes here. It would be a very simple matter to arrange a plan by which preference would be given to seniority in college standing, so that the bursar's hat would become less like the well into which like the daughters of Danae, a man pours his lot as freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors without ever seeing the accomplishment...
...hearty support of all members of the University. In regard to the first, which urges the faculty to permit our nine to practice with professional teams, in view of the fact that other colleges do so, we wish to press this as a fair claim. Our position in this matter is that there is no reason why the Harvard nine should be placed at so uncalled for a disadvantage as it is by the present prohibition. If the faculty is firmly set against professional practice, then they ought to show the courage of their conviction more radically than by simply...