Word: never
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have never heard other than two facts assigned as reasons for a boy to avoid Harvard-one by parents and the other by sons. Of the two, the dread of the supposed luxuries of Harvard life and the expenses incidental is a stronger factor against the college than the aversion of the young men themselves to a place where (by reputation) athletic contests are frowned upon and (by fact) athletic contestants are of inferior calibre. The parental prejudice is widespread, while the boys get their ideas only if they have attended the large boarding schools. Yet it is almost...
...There has never been such a shameful attack on an American college than the article in the ovember number of the North American Review on the "Fast Set at Harvard," in which the most scandalous assertions are made about the life and morals of Harvard...
...match B of the present series of matches of the Shooting Club, contestants will be handicapped by distance according to their records. Those who have never shot on the grounds before will receive a big handicap...
...student body before taking action on any new plan of government, for several schemes of rigorous college discipline were brought up, the folly of which was soon made evident. Had the overseers taken this step of consulting the student's ideas and wishes on college discipline before, they would never have made the silly suggestions of a week or so ago. Overseers and students rarely see the same question in the same light; and an exchange and comparison of views cannot help clearing hazy and perhaps fallacious ideas on each side. We should strongly urge that hereafter the overseers consult...
...that he was not a mere impostor, and the theory of epilepsy also breaks down. There were many Christians and Jews in Mecca, and their sacred books were the source of his teachings. He invented or elaborated nothing, but he gained a hold on the people which mere doctrine never attains. The future life was the only real present for him and his promisef of future paradise in addition to present prosperity, secured for him many followers, Mohammed was a practical reformer and did not press the people too far. He took the chief of the tribal deities and elevated...