Word: matter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...tricks and soon these scavengers will prove conclusively that tricks won't work against Yale, and that we might just as well give it all up. Such men have a certain influence and we urge upon the students that they turn a deaf ear to all such talk. No matter what happens we ought to feel sure that everything is all right till Yale can prove it all wrong at Springfield. A great public spirit means as much or a good cause as a great public opinion does against an evil one. The man who contributes to anything...
...Wilson '94, E. W. Ryerson '95, and J. Hewins '96, have been appointed a committee to look into the matter of having meetings weekly instead of bi-weekly. If meetings are held weekly it is probable that the dues of the club will have to be raised...
...first time in their course the freshmen have taken hold of an athletic interest in a manner which gives promise of good results. In football they have been a disapointment, but in the matter of rowing they seem to have grasped the situation, and there is a right spirit among them. If they retain their good resolutions and persist in their efforts through the preliminary work, the outlook for a good crew next spring will be excellent. If on the contrary, the men lose their earnestness and drop out because they do not find much fun in it, a gradual...
...relation to student life there can be no doubt. The art of reading aloud is passing into disuse and we are thus giving up one of the best means of making ourselves agreeable and profitable companions for our friends. That we read poorly and speak poorly is a matter of personal experience with most of us. The average college man does not pronounce his words plainly and is ordinarily embarrassed if asked to read aloud or to speak extempore on any subject. Reading aloud counteracts all these evils and cultivates in men an easy attractive manner. Every man who cares...
...Prospect Union is a University extension, run by Harvard students, giving more than thirty evening courses ranging in subject matter from spelling to philosophy. The Union is now beginning its fourth year of work and the outlook is at present most encouraging. Radical changes in the management of the classes have been made this year so that a much larger variety of courses has been offered than ever before, and the classes were started altogether in the week beginning October...