Word: member
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should all be persuaded to row. In addition to these we hope to see a hearty response to Capt. Hammond's call for more men, made at the boat club meeting Tuesday evening. We have no easy task before us, a fact which is fully appreciated by every member of the crew. For the past three years Yale has had a phenomenally heavy and muscular crew. This is the last year in which five of her best men will appear in her boat, and we may be sure that they will put forth a great final effort for victory...
...Agassiz of our committee has already written to a member of the Yale committee, and is now awaiting a reply. Mr. Hammond also spoke of Yale's employing a professional coach, saying that Harvard would not take a very decided stand against Yale's method, but would simply content herself with making a protest...
...oath of an Alpha Delta Phi is skilfully worded, so as not to appeals the new member and yet to render him little better than a slave. It reads in part as follows : 'I do solemnly swear to assist all Alpha Delta Phis with my tobacco, my ponies and my examination papers, provided such assistance is needed.' The neophyte fancies that this obligation has no hidden meaning, but he soon finds his mistake. It is not enough that he gives cigars and lends 'ponies' to his fellow Alpha Delta Phi. Under the apparently innocent words, 'tobacco,' 'ponies' and 'examination papers...
...essays must be deposited with the secretary of the Finance Club on or before May 1st, 1883. The title-page must, with an assumed name, state of what class the writer is a member. A sealed letter must be sent in at the same time, under cover with the essay, containing the true name of the writer, and superscribed with his assumed name...
...with marks, has disappeared. The recitation has become a conference. The student meets his instructor, not because he is obliged to, but because he can master his subject better with his help. The instructor often does the reciting himself, expounding and illustrating his subject, and occasionally calling on some member of the class to read or explain. In this way ground is rapidly traversed and everybody's time saved...