Word: met
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...know what is going on at all the great colleges and universities, whether they are in Heidelberg, Germany, or in Cambridge, America. I have walked about the college grounds a good deal during my visit here, and I have seen many fine fellows among the students here. I have met a number of professor, too, and they are a set of cultivated and intelligent...
...side of the life, he spoke of the policy of the college-liberty of choice in intellectual pursuits, and freedom of discipline. This policy is distinctive of Harvard. While it insures to the individual the highest degree of freedom, it throws upon him a personal responsibility which must be met. Upon the students ultimately depends the success of the policy which the faculty regards as wisest. Continuing, he discussed the habits of study which can be most profitably followed in college and which, when formed, will prove most valuable in after life; also, the need of intellectual enthusiasm and leadership...
...They forget, perhaps, that the obligation to attend religious service is now even stronger than before, that what once seemed a matter of routine is now a matter of conscience. But this must not be. The system of religious services, renewed yesterday, is still an experiment. That it has met the expectations of the past does not assure its success in the future. This rather lies in the will of the students. Everything has been done and is doing to make the Chapel services attractive. For their proper maintenance, however, every Harvard man is responsible...
...were killed Friday night at the Palatine Bridge disaster on the New York Central road. The peculiar sadness about the calamity lies in the fact that Mr. Manning was married only a little over a week ago, and it was on their wedding journey that he and his wife met their death. During his course here Mr. Manning was prommently identified with the intellectual and athletic life of the college He was considered one of the most brilliant men in his class, and his standing especially in the classics was more than excellent. He was a member of the university...
...board of overseers met on Wednesday of this week and concurred with the president and fellows in appointing the following professors and instructors...