Word: means
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : Early in the year a shingle belonging to the Pierian Sodality was stolen. Last Tuesday night another shingle, personal property, was stolen. A return of these shingles to their accustomed places on University will be a great favor to the Pierian. This mean trick of stealing shingles cannot benefit the one who does it, and it certainly causes great inconvenience to those who suffer from...
...going away soon, because almost all the girls are mad at me, because they think I wrote it. I would so much like to know what Harvard men think about the letter. I don't believe they think it so fearfully vicious, because honestly and truly I did not mean a single bad thing. I showed the letter to a lady friend, and she said she wouldn't mind at all what the Miscellany said, and then she told me a story about the Duchess of Shrewsbury, but she said something in French, and after what the Miscellany said...
...They mean - more than kisses sweet...
...teach men to go, instead of being led." This is the key-note of her whole system - to give the power of self-directed and watchful thought; - the trained habit of mind which enables a man to think continuously and accurately. This is what "Harvard's degree will mean." The system of second-year and final honors is directed to this end, requiring independent and self-directed work. Besides these provisions to secure concentrated and coordinated work, the system of "honorable mention" also works as a stimulus to this end. "The result of this double system is that...
...that the changes should be made more rapidly, or that the start should be made at a higher point. In such a question there are, of course, arguments pro and con, and it would be impossible to satisfy all by fixing any definite point. There is, indeed, a certain mean, by securing which the best general results can be obtained. We see no reason to doubt that that mean was not attained at the recent meetings. Furthermore, we believe that the starts were in most if not all cases made at points agreed upon by the contestants in each event...