Word: matter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that hardly enough emphasis has been given to the fact that nothing jeopardizes the health of the students more than this very bath room about which so much has been facetiously written. With a view of calling the attention of the authorities to this phase of the matter I offer the following facts. Here is a picture to be seen at the gymnasium any day from four to six p.m. during the winter months...
...waste further words. The authorities cannot afford to let this condition of affairs continue. It is too important, too serious a matter. The health of several hundred students must not be further jeopardized if the means are at hand to remove the danger. Let us trust that the present summer will witness the construction of a bath-room with facilities to meet the increased demand which has arisen from the recent growth of the University and that future Harvard students may never experience the feelings of one who has heard the familiar...
...stated in another column the freshmen leave for New London a little after one o'clock this afternoon. The occasion of their departure should be a matter of interest to the whole college for they no less than the 'varsity men, have to uphold the honor of the college. They have worked hard for their class and this in face of an apparent spirit of indifference as shown by the way the class subscriptions have been paid. If the crew cannot feel certain of the support of every member of their own class, the college should make them feel that...
...their work, and to himself that he obey, not only to the letter but to the spirit, the regulations which are supposed to govern him. If he is not willing to do this he has no business on the team, either as a regular or a substitute, no matter how valuable he may be in his place. For many years athletics at Harvard languished for this very indifference to training. Now the college sentiment demands a strict enforcement of the rules. It is an imposition for a few players themselves to oppose it. The next two weeks require...
...point wherein the Oxford student has the advantage, or disadvantage as the reader may think, over the American college student, is the regulation that no one shall pursue separate courses of study until he has been at the university a year. No matter what his knowledge may be every man is obliged to wait a year before trying to pass his "Moderations," as they are called; then if successful, he is allowed to study "The Finals," or elective courses. Thus taking a three year's course instead of one of four years, is scarcely feasible or practicable...