Word: opinionative
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...life of Harvard students early in the history of the college, and as we read we bless the fate that has made us Harvard men of today and not of two hundred years ago. The freshmen had a hard time in those days. Now, in their own opinion at least, they are of great importance; no one molests them, and they are permitted to lead their verdant life in peace. But stranger indeed were the laws against freshmen in 1675: "No freshman shall wear his hat in the college yard unless it rains, hails or snows, provided...
Numerous complaints of the overworking of students in the Institute of Technology having come to the ears of the faculty of that institution, circulars have been sent to graduates asking them whether, in their opinion, they were taxed unduly during their Institute course...
...since, and the essays of Dr. Sargent upon physical culture in Scribner later, there is hardly an excuse now for the prejudiced and offensive view of the game which is taken by people in general-people, too, who have rarely, if ever, seen an exhibition, but who form their opinion from heresay. There is danger, no doubt, of minor hurts as there is in everything which enters into the domain of athletics; there is danger, remotely, of serious accident as there is likewise in the most simple forms of gymnastic exercises. But for dash and vigor and the highest sense...
...Cornell faculty has passed a resolution stating that in its opinion a proficiency of 70 per cent. should be required to pass an examination. Formerly the required per cent...
...years, but we scarcely think they would be willing to row a four-mile race with Yale on the day succeeding that with Harvard, and a little reflection would show them why. In spite of our esteemed contemporary's remarks, then, we see no reason to change our opinion as expressed in the column on October...