Word: older
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...against those in the East, and it becomes a question of interest to us whether it is not true that our notions of these Eastern institutions are not somewhat hazy, and whether we do not have an exaggerated idea of the freaks and follies of the students in the older colleges. There is but little doubt that we Westerners do not properly appreciate the work done at Yale and Amherst and Harvard, and we are too liable to assume from instances that we have heard or known that boys, as a rule, go to these places to have a good...
...good Review is even more generous yet: "The older colleges have a larger proportion of loafers. But this is not the fault of the colleges. Western colleges have less of this disturbing element now, but as they grow they will meet with the same difficulties. Indeed, some of our Western schools are even now passing the Eastern colleges in these unsatisfactory elements, and Ann Arbor, Northwestern and Oberlin may well congratulate themselves if, when they are as old as Harvard and Williams and Amherst, they turn out as fine gentlemen, as keen scholars and as earnest Christians. On this side...
...News of Feb. 28 says : "The fire this morning was a big attraction." Boys get accustomed to that kind of excitement as they grow older...
...whether by athletic games or rowing. Of those who consulted him, he found hardly one who had a sound heart. The heart had been overworked, had been compelled to pump the blood faster than it could bear, and its power as a heart was impaired for life. It was older than the rest of the body. All excessive muscular exertion makes mischief with young people, before the frame is hardened and compacted by time. The effects may not appear at once, but will remain in the fact of lessened powers, and premature age - or death. The growing use of what...
...town. After the run, which is about two miles in length, they have been, through the winter, working in the gymnasium, but will now go to the boat house to row on the water. In the gymnasium their exercise was taken on rowing-machines, where they were coached by older oarsmen. Boxing and other light athletic exercise occupied another hour. The men finish their day's work at 7.30. Ex-Captain Rogers, of last year's crew, has been in New Haven two weeks and coached them. Fred. Wood, '76, S., who has so successfully done Yale's coaching...