Word: needed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...There is a perennial evil against which we raise an annual cry,-the muckers. We need not enumerate in how many and varied ways they contrive to exhibit their innate disagreeableness. Seven days in the week, and every hour in the day they are an eyesore and a provocation to profanity. They may be amusing at times, but whoever encourages their presence at the fence or on the campus, is laying up just so much annoyance for himself and for all future generations...
...latest methods of gymnastic training claim for themselves these four points of excellence:-Perfect adaptability to individual need, pleasant exercise, the maximum of reward for the minimum of time, and effects plainly to be measured, seen, and felt. Dr. Sargent, of Cambridge, is the most successful among the new trainers, and the results are certainly remarkable. Given the necessary apparatus and the skilled teacher, there seems to be constant gain in both interest and vigor...
...signal of a series of complaints from the students that no aid was given them in selecting courses from the large number of electives, about many of which they know little or nothing. These complaints, as was natural, came chiefly from the freshman class, since they felt the need of this all important information more than the men who were in the upper classes. Yet, even the upper classes felt that no trouble was taken either by the professors or faculty to make their choice easier. We are glad to say that this unfortunate state of affairs no longer exists...
...mainly derived from the brilliant pictures of university life which the English novel occasionally affords us. It would be difficult to imagine a life more free and pleasant than that which the Oxford student enjoys. Although the social entertainment and amusements of the town of Oxford are few, he need never be at a loss for occupation, for the university is most completely a world by itself, which possesses innumerable sources of amusement on account of this very absence of outside attractions. Oxford presents a birds-eye-view, as it were, of English social life. Many of the clubs...
...evening are free to the student. It is seen from this that the amount of time devoted absolutely to work is not very large, and as the length of each term is eight weeks, and vacation, all told, amounts to six months each year, a course at Oxford need not be a very severe "grind" to a man rather inclined to take things easy. There is one restriction, however, put upon the personal freedom of the students, which perhaps seems strange and amusing to the students of Harvard, where every student is almost completely his own master...