Word: older
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...considered a little disappointing for various reasons. It is gratifying, however, to know that the examination of the candidates by Dr. Sargent shows that there is strength, but the chief failing in many of the men is found to be small lung power. If the material were a little older and not quite so raw the committee would have no reason to complain, for the men are very faithful. The material does not appear to stand the work quite as well as was expected, and last week a recess was allowed...
...spoke briefly from the text,- "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth." To get a vivid idea of God and of our duty toward Him, we must keep him in our hearts from our youth up. The days of childhood are days of impressions. As we grow older our perceptions become duller, and our lives are less easily molded. Wax must be stamped when it is warm. Whenever a man raises an ideal late in life, he always regrets the possibility of achievement which might have been his, had he awakened sooner. If we begin early to follow...
...President's report, an abstract of which we publish to-day, shows a most gratifying progress and growth in every department. Harvard is no longer a college, and truly deserves its title of University, while it bids fair to rival the older institutions of Europe. One part of the report is most pleasing to all the friends of a really liberal education. When Greek and Latin were made elective, it was predicted that they would be neglected for the other studies, but such has not been the case. Greek has, indeed, lost somewhat, as it is less essential...
...unequalled loveliness, even in this land of beauty.' Happily, the open ground on all sides promises to leave it to us forever. Moreover, the site is not only high, but dry, and, being what is practically virgin soil, is free from any suspicion of the malaria that infects the older and lower parts of the town. Yet it has an abundant supply of water, for the Aqeduct of Hydrian flows past the door. All the sanitary conditions seem to be of the best...
...begin at the end of the junior year; in Ann Arbor at the end of the sophomore year. Harvard has deliberately converted her entire curriculum into elective courses arranged in proper sequence for certain departments. Whatever may become of the old baccalaureate degree, it is perfectly plain that the older and better American colleges are evolving into universities. Whether the old-fashioned A. B. will give way to the masters and doctors degree, or be conferred at an earlier period in the University course or be given as a graduate certificate by first-class gymnasia, like Phillips Exeter Academy...