Word: ought
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
President Lowell's splendid address on "Competition in College" has turned the attention of every thinking Harvard man to some dangers of our elective system. The more we recognize these disadvantages, the more we ought to look-out that the system does not become burdened by new and superfluous dangers. I am sorry to see that a new harm connected with the election of courses is threatening in consequence of the postal card canvass of the Seniors which the Harvard Illustrated Magazine instituted and published the week before last...
...thought it good fun. But to my surprise I have discovered in talking with students who consulted me about their choice of courses for next that there are men who really consider this canvass report of favorite and regretted courses a guide for their election. Under these circumstances, it ought to be said with emphasis that taken seriously the canvass is misleading and dangerous...
...This ought to be a sufficient warning. It is to be hoped that the office will not have to take any further steps in quelling the uncalled for disturbances which have become so unnecessarily frequent. SENIOR...
...Princeton in the second championship game, by a score of 6 to 0, and defeated Cornell at Ithaca, 5 to 2, in the two games played since their defeat in the first game against Brown. In spite of being handicapped by the loss of Briggs and MacLaughlin, the team ought to do well, as material improvement has been made in batting...
...class, their names, home address and preparatory school. By frequent reference to this guide a Freshman would readily memorize the names of those of his class-mates with whom he comes in contact in the lecture halls and at class functions; and at the end of the year he ought to be on speaking terms with almost all the men in his class. In addition to this benefit, there are numerous other practical ends which such a book would serve. I believe there is a distinct need at Harvard for this dictionary of faces. KARL F. BRILL...