Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...giving " the greatest amount of exercise to the greatest number." According to this policy, he asserts that foot-ball and base-ball, limited to a small number of men, have been discouraged, while all gymnasium work, track athletics, tennis, etc., in which an unlimited number of men can take part, have been encouraged. It is needless to state that all thoughtful students at Harvard would heartily concur in any measures which would induce a greater number of students to take exercise...
...decided not to follow Shak-sperian tradition as regards the actor's dress. Whatever would be gained in historical interest would be counterbalanced by the loss of all that was Roman in the play. Thus it is related of Garrick in Macbeth, that he played the part of the Moor in a powdered gray wig; and it is probable that in Shakspere's time there was an equal conformity with the prevailing English fashions. This feature of the play the Shakspere club does not care to reproduce. The attempt will be made, instead, to imitate with historical fidelity the costume...
...regard to the higher education of the young men of America. It is now to be determined whether students shall be at liberty to take any branches they choose. The fight is only begun, and will continue for years, and Princeton, with its professors, trustees, and alumni, will take part in the contest...
...large as Harvard has grown to be, every man cannot be expected to understand thoroughly every question of the day, and the special representation at these conferences is like the employment of specialists at important trials, a feature of modern civilization which has come to play a recognized part in all great law cases...
...there are many evident advantages. In the first place that which is of prime importance, it would give a representative body of students, comprising as it would much of the athletic skill, the literary ability, and the scholarship of the college. The students would, directly or indirectly, take part in the election of nearly all the delegates. Secondly, the classes would be represented according to their seniority; for the offices of the athletic organizations and the positions on the several papers are mostly held by upper-class men. This is an important consideration, for there is need of experience...