Word: might
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...compared with another, but also the relation of every part of the individual to every other part. The same man may be above the normal in one measurement, and below in another. The extent of the variation is the desirable thing to know. In one instance this variation might not exceed the physical limits; in another it might result in a deformity. These differences are but vaguely suggested when expressed in figures, yet it is futile to tell a person that he is above or below the average without indicating the degree, or informing him of its significance...
...first article on this subject printed recently, the average annue expenditure is calculated, and at the end, Professor Palmer speaks of the high charges for room rent and tuition at Harvard, suggesting that it might be thought that this places a Harvard education out of the reach of the poor man. Continuing he says...
...materially smaller than that which I have had ($1000 a year). In view of the small sum on which some men go through college, it may seem ridiculous for me to say this, but I do not consider that I have been extravagant, though in some cases I might have spent more judiciously...
...convinced that a sober appeal from one faculty to another could not fail of bringing about the desired result. As for our own position in this matter, we are persuaded that base-ball would be elevated as a college sport through such a return to former times, thought it might lose some of the niceties which a life of "ball tossing" lends to the game as played by professionals. The present attitude of our faculty is such that they must choose between permitting our nine to play with professionals and of unconditionally pressing the remaining colleges to prohibit such play...
...probability there are many men in Harvard who have not had the opportunity of reading the admirable address of Professor G. H. Palmer before the Harvard alumni last Commencement on expenses at Harvard. In the hope that an abridged form of it might be of interest to our readers, we have made the following extracts from his address...