Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...still early to make predictions concerning the class races, but it would seem from present appearances that that event of the college boating year on the Charles river will be very closely contested. Each crew seems to have the advantage in some particular, and the result is not likely to be a procession. No crew is thought as yet to be sure for first place, nor are the chances of any crew for that place so small that it is only hoping to save itself from last place. All things taken together, the class crews are to be congratulated...
...popular doctrine that college training in this country should be adapted to American habits of life. I think that a higher view should be taken of the question, and that college training should not be adapted to fit a man for any particular vocation. Its object is to give to man the key to that higher life of the human mind which is common to all ages and all nations. [Geo. Wm. Curtis...
...event was very closely contested, and none were dropped until a very good htight had been reached. The first to drop out was Kimball, followed by Henry and Fessenden in the order named. Fogg was repeatedly applauded for his plucky efforts. Although the kicking was hardly according to any particular style, the determination of the men made up for any real lack of power, and the kicking between Fogg and Fessenden was very even. Fogg and Fessenden was very even. Fogg. finally by a great effort, succedded in toughing the disc at the height of 8 feet...
...read after the manner of an old fable, still, like an old fable, it has a moral, and it is of this moral that we propose to say a few words. the whole tone of our colleges is, we think, undergoing a considerable change in one respect in particular, namely, the light in which the profession of journalism is regarded. A few days since one of our exchanges made use of some figures to show the difference the last few years have made, and the result was surprising. The same feeling can be traced here. College-bred men from...
...matter of conjecture. It certainly is not due to any lack of effort on the part of the officers of the association nor of the interest felt in the first meeting by the college. This latter is attested by the large number of graduates and undergraduates who attend this particular meeting in preference to the ladies days. We think that much of the cause is due to the lack of a director of athletics, or trainer, as such a man is more commonly called. Such a man is needed to give the proper instruction in wrestling, jumping, etc., which events...