Word: mentioning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...strain after it in minor respects while ignoring the more important differences which are obviously unavoidable. The committee cannot see the justice of imposing such regulations as are suggested upon the crews base-ball nines, foot-ball, lacrosse and cricket teams, while at the same time no special mention is made of the general field of athletics, such as running, jumping, all of which enter into inter-collegiate meetings...
...during his vacation a never ending means of enjoyment. Nothing will more refresh an overworked mind and body than a day spent with that zest which only a sportsman knows, after snipe and ducks in the marsh, or among woody haunts of ruffled grouse. It is almost needless to mention the pleasures of wing shooting, to recall the never-to-be-forgotten thrill of excitement when a grouse or bunch of quail rises with its whir, or, if the gunner is new at his work to speak of the mortification which follows a poor shot. He who has been...
...first resolution is that any "director or instructor in physical exercises or athletic sports" must be appointed by the college and his name announced in the catalogue. There is no objection to this resolution apparently, and we only mention it here, because it emphasizes the fact that the function of physical education is already recognized generally by the colleges...
...antagonist is our helper" is a phrase which Matthew Arnold has taken from the mouth of Burke and is fond of quoting. Harvard does not lack such helpers. Even her own sons have done her this service, not to mention such critics as Benjamin F. Butler and the redoubtable Dennis Kearney. The words of Phillips and Emerson in their Phi Beta Kappa orations were memorable and satutary in their way. Ex-Gov. Long, also one of her sons, has been recently indulging in criticism of the college. At the annual dinner of the Harvard alumni in Washington a few weeks...
...England, and where the tendency of the school is toward Harvard, the number of applicants for admission is gratifying. Then there is a pride among New Englanders at having an university so essentially their own, and its nearness also contributes in no small degree to its popularity, not to mention the superior advantages afforded men who desire to pursue a special course of study...