Word: models
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Daily Crimson of Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) of February 9th, says of Harvard and its poets: 'The work of our poets is the model of the Western college poetasters, and is, therefore, simply another example of our increasing greatness.' This reminds us of that German home philosopher who never tired of praising his wife's domestic executive abilities. At last the old woman, nourished by the warmth of continual praise, endeavored to run both house and husband. Our German turned to her admiringly and said: 'See here, frau, I like importance, but I will be contemned if I like contemned...
...good school would copy very fully, in at least one respect, its Parisian model; it would instruct its pupils well in the history of the diplomacy and international law, of which subject our leading statesmen are lamentably ignorant...
...courses. As a technical knowledge such as that to be gained in a law school would not be required, the course would be patronized chiefly by those who did not in the future purpose to study law. This fact would be a valuable guide to the instructor, who could model the course to suit the demands put upon it. We wish the idea a speedy realization, and trust that next year will see the course established...
...proofs of this. But Harvard is, perhaps, at present unique in one particular, boasts a higher perfection in one field, enjoys deeper draughts of one pleasure than any other college in an American's knowledge. This is the work of Harvard poets. The work of our poets is the model of the western college poetasters and is therefore simply another example of our increasing greatness. As such, let us consider it for a moment. Of course we have differentiations of the poetic sense. We have the love ditty, the laboriously elaborated scholastic exercise, the philosophical sonnet, the frothy nothing...
...latter classifies freshmen as follows: 1, the inquiring freshman; 2, the ingenious freshman; 3, the innocent freshman; 4, the freshman who thinks he is a senior; 5, the good little freshman; and 6, the model freshman...