Word: older
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...loudly that Harvard has forgotten its inclusive character and gone into one camp or another. Several years ago a book appeared by one John Corbin, in which one chapter bore the ominous title, "Harvard, a Germanized University." And periodically the idea crops out that by some metamorphosis our older universities have been transformed from "good old English" institutions to narrow "single-aim" laboratories for academic research. The fact is that Harvard, as President Lowell pointed out at a meeting of graduate students last year, owes something to the educational systems of all the leading nations. The College, although...
...Sophomores rowed against the Union Boat Club crew, losing by less than a length. The older men were able to maintain a lead from start to finish, even though they pulled at a somewhat lower stroke than the Sophomores, who were rather ragged...
...have listened to the lectures of Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith must feel that his death means a real loss to the students of Harvard University. In the inculcation of courtesy which belonged to the older type of gentlemen he has brought home in his successive visits here a lesson than which none is more needed in American life. The value of his teaching moreover has always been exemplified as well as enhanced by his own rare charm of manner and of utterance. Even although his instruction abides in memory we shall yet miss the inspiring example of the teacher. BENJAMIN...
...University lacrosse team won two of the four games played on its annual southern trip. In the first game with the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, the skill and experience of the older men was more than a match for the better condition of the University players, although Harvard clearly outplayed its opponents in the second half. The score ended 4 to 2 in favor of the Crescents...
...University scored eight of its runs in the first three innings before the older men could get settled down. A home run, by Gannett following an infield single and a steal by Reed counted two runs in the first, while three consecutive errors followed by three safe hits tallied four more runs in the second. In the third Davis replaced Bidwell, but two more runs were secured before the Pilgrims steadied. In the eighth Whitney laid down a perfect bunt, and brought Fripp home for the final University score...