Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...next Saturday, the men would be in condition, and the spectators would by no means have lost their interest. The time made by the University in such a race, together with their general appearance, would also furnish a much better criterion from which to form an opinion of what they were going to do at Saratoga than could possibly be obtained from watching them practise alone...
...resolution was passed expressing disapproval of intercollegiate literary contests; but inasmuch as there was a difference of opinion as to the object of the convention, and it was thought by many that it might be intended to discuss in general the advisability of the proposed contests, it was voted to send delegates. Messrs. Dyer of '74, Richmond of '74, and Warren of '75 were accordingly elected, and provision was made that, in case of the disability of any delegate to attend the convention, he should have power to appoint a substitute. In conclusion, it was voted that the delegates should...
...editors of the Magenta wish to state as their opinion, that the motion passed at the meeting Wednesday afternoon, to the effect that Harvard was not in favor of intercollegiate literary contests, was unnecessary, uncalled for, and ill-timed...
...Rowing Association, under whose auspices the regatta is to be conducted, is composed of men whose appearance and manners claim for them the title of gentlemen. The collegiate and daily papers in New England which have denounced Saratoga have made a great many abusive insinuations, which, in our opinion, are entirely contradicted by facts. We are confident that all the crews which go to Saratoga will bring away with them the same opinion...
More suggestive than any suggestion is the following statement, made without comment: "It has been a common opinion that prayers were not only right and helpful in themselves " (this part of the opinion, we think, has been generally abandoned), "but also necessary to college discipline, partly as a morning roll-call, and partly as a means of enforcing continuous residence. It was, therefore, interesting to observe that the omission of morning prayers for nearly five months, at the time of year when the days are shortest and coldest, had no ill effects whatever on college order or discipline. There...