Word: minded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first thing which occupies the mind of a German student is a mania for dueling, and if he has plenty of money and the inclination, he joins a corps. These corps at Heidelberg are five in number, and are distinguished by white, green, yellow, blue and red caps. Those belonging to the first two must have at least 6,000 marks (about $1500) a year, and are generally of noble blood...
...athletic data, records, and so forth, are conveniently arranged, and afford interesting and valuable study for those athletically inclined. This year they afford quite as pleasant and gratifying reading as the Harvard mind can wish for. Even the Cricket Club has victories recorded to its credit, and helps to swell the loud-echoing paeans of Harvard's successes...
...conclusion, as this is the accepted position of Harvard in the public press and private mind, ought not every man in college to know, at any cost, the basis of the convictions which his college represents...
...ever read the grand old epics of the ancients, the incomparable blank verse of Shakespeare, the sweet lyrics of Shelley, Wordsworth, Keats, and a hundred others, and not felt himself elevated and benefitted in mind and soul by so allowing his thoughts to mingle with theirs? But can any one fully, appreciate these productions who has never studied or tried to express himself in verse, any more than a country-bred swain can comprehend the rich harmony of a Thomas concert? WE say not, and to remedy this ignorance of rhyme and this derogative opinion of it, we would propose...
...college studies, as has Professor G. H. Palmer in his article on "The New Education," which appeared in the current Andover Review. Professor Palmer's words are especially persuasive as he is "that man who himself has been persuaded." His opinions are the result of experiences on a mind adversely prejudiced...