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...Hobbe's theory of contract outgrown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English C. | 11/23/1892 | See Source »

...satisfied with splashing before the set basins. Then when a man finally does get possession of some bit of apparatus he has to hurry through his ablutions so as not to keep the crowd waiting. All is hurry and confusion, and all is unsatisfactory. The college has long since outgrown its wash-tub, and another must be bought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 10/27/1891 | See Source »

...relic of the barbarous times of hazing, and that is the initiation of freshmen on Bloody Monday night. The better sentiment of the college has long been opposed to this institution. The fact that it is an old custom is no excuse for its continuation. The college has outgrown such schoolboy tricks as the Bloody Monday rushing, and never was in sympathy with the spirit which prompts other mere objectionable feature of the demonstration. It is time that the true feeling of Harvard should make itself known by active opposition to any uproar tonight The class of '94 need feel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/29/1890 | See Source »

...withdrew from the contest, and urged his friends to elect M. Sadi-Carnot. His advice was followed and the crisis was safely over. France had passed safely through the danger which had always before overthrown the Republic. The fact that this happened gives us great confidence that France has outgrown her instability, and has at last reached a settled period of national prosperity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Recent Crisis in France. | 12/15/1887 | See Source »

Furthermore there is every reason to cheer the defeated nine, and thus revive a custom which existed in former years, when rivalry had not outgrown all evidence of friendly feelings between the contestants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/11/1887 | See Source »

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